The scene where Elena publishes under her own name is…
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The scene where Elena publishes under her own name is basically Ferrante running her own worst-case scenario?
Ferrante has spent her whole career as a novelist staying anonymous, refusing public appearances, keeping her identity separate from the books. So the scene in “Those who leave and those who stay”where Elena publishes a sexually frank novel under her own real name reads almost like a thought experiment inside Ferrante's own project, the one place where she lets the distance between author and book completely collapse, just to see what happens to the character left standing in it.
I keep wondering if the book inside the book is meant to be read that way, as Ferrante testing out her own worst-case scenario through Elena. Has anyone else felt that while reading or watching it, or am I reaching?
#entertainment
Ferrante has spent her whole career as a novelist staying anonymous, refusing public appearances, keeping her identity separate from the books. So the scene in “Those who leave and those who stay”where Elena publishes a sexually frank novel under her own real name reads almost like a thought experiment inside Ferrante's own project, the one place where she lets the distance between author and book completely collapse, just to see what happens to the character left standing in it.
I keep wondering if the book inside the book is meant to be read that way, as Ferrante testing out her own worst-case scenario through Elena. Has anyone else felt that while reading or watching it, or am I reaching?
#entertainment
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