The twisted story of the protagonist who steals a doll on a beach is both captivating and heartbreaking. The internal conflict of remaining an individual woman versus the constraints of motherhood. Figlia di Testio e di Euritemi (citata anche come Leucippe) o Deidamia (figlia di Periere), sposò Tindaro e fu madre dei Dioscuri (Castore e Polluce), Elena, Clitennestra, Timandra, Filonoe e Febe.. Here’s what we know about Elena Ferrante’s narrator, Leda: she’s the middle-aged mother of two grown daughters. Figlia di Zeus e di Leda, sposa di Menelao re di Sparta e poi di Paride figlio di Priamo, re di Troia. Elena Ferrante possesses one of the most elegant and precise literary styles I have encountered in contemporary literature. To ask to be seen by them as a person and not as a function. Leda Gloria was born on August 30, 1908 in Rome, Lazio, Italy as Leda Nicoletti. [What do you think the point was on her keeping the doll? Ho letto questo romanzo durante la mia prima gravidanza e devo dire che mi ha letteralmente scioccata! Per più informazioni vai alla Privacy, volandosuilibri.it di Francesca Fiorino | Tutti i diritti sono riservati | Powered by, La figlia oscura – Autrice: Elena Ferrante, Scopri come i tuoi dati vengono elaborati, La leggenda di Nitrodi – Autrice: Tina Taliercio, “Destinatario sconosciuto” – Autrice Kressmann Taylor. I strongly considered creating a "heroine I'd gladly slap" shelf, but it's not worth it. depressed, misanthropic people who need a lesson or two on how to improve their misanthropic skills, The best feature of this book was its size. Elena Ferrante's 3rd novel and the novel she has cited as her most daring. I think the thing that surprised me most was the way in which Ferrante sustained so much tension (will she give the doll back or not? She captures the torment of motherhood beautifully. Although disturbing at times it was very intriguing. Con molta prudenza da parte di entrambe, Leda e Nina si avvicinano, si concedono brevi chiacchierate, spesso interrotte da qualche membro invadente della famiglia di Nina. She is a renowned English Literature scholar. distrubing in its honesty about women caught between children and career or fullfillment or just wanting to do and be their own person apart from mama or wife or cleaner or whathaveyou. I truly hope that I never become such a person, and even more, that I never meet such a person. It is a poignant portrait of motherhood and dealing with getting old. Leda, di origini napoletane, è una professoressa universitaria di letteratura inglese, divorziata da anni e mamma di Marta e Bianca. “Erano tutti imparentati, genitori, nonni, figli, nipoti, cugini, cognati, e ridevano con risate rumorose[…]. This is going to sound strange -- I loved this book, but I didn't enjoy it. Beyond this, I found the characters utterly annoying, the plot borderline nauseating, and the writing... well, tolerable. Grazie a Leda, Nina sembra pian piano riscoprire la propria identità, cerca di elevarsi grazie all’esempio di Leda, così da emergere dal ruolo di madre e basta che le è stato imposto. Ewww! In typical Ferrante fashion, the narration wanders between the primary narrative of the protagonist's seaside vacation and her memories of her now-moved away daughters. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. And she is, by her own words, an unnatural mother. Leda decide così di partire per qualche giorno di vacanza, in un paesino del sud Italia affacciato sul mare. “La figlia oscura” è il terzo romanzo scritto dall’autrice (forse?) I didn’t think the city could contain life forms different from those I had known as a child, violent or sensually lazy, tinged with sentimental vulgarity or obtusely fortified in defense of their own wretched degradation”. Sadly, I'll remain in the dark when it comes to the reason everybody is so delighted with this fictional. Leda Gloria, Actress: Don Camillo. Dopo qualche giorno di riposo, la donna si imbatte in una chiassosa ed ingombrante famiglia napoletana, con cui condivide la spiaggia semi deserta che ha scelto per trascorrere la vacanza. I strongly considered creating a "heroine I'd gladly slap" shelf, but it's not worth it. Elena Ferrante lo fa con un linguaggio duro, spinoso, in un’ambientazione inquietante che ricorda quasi quella di un romanzo gotico e che rende questo libro, a mio parere, indimenticabile. In the end, it is Leda's own daughters who are lost, in the sense of being abandoned. A 40-something divorced mother of two grown daughters looks back and examines her feelings on motherhood. Starting from the age of thirteen or fourteen I had aspired to a bourgeois decorum, proper Italian, a good life, cultured and reflective. “How foolish to think you can tell your children about yourself before they're at least fifty. The narrator is not particularly likeable, but she is smart, darkly funny and - above all - honest, which is more or less what this is an exercise in exploring. I think many mothers have at some point felt at least a little of what she has written but would be afraid to admit for fear of how they would be viewed by others. Review soon! The BBC's Andy Kershaw said of Ledda, "I planned a trip south to make a program about Sardinian music, almost solely on the evidence of a CD I was given of Elena's voice. That much I can say about it. Un giorno Leda compie un gesto solo apparentemente privo di significato: ruba la bambola Nani, il giocattolo preferito della piccola Elena. I truly hope that I never become such a person, and even more, that I never meet such a person. I loved this short novel from the ever incredible Elena Ferrante. La perdita della bambola determinerà una sorta di regressione nella piccola Elena e getterà nello sconforto Nina, facendone emergere la vera personalità, fatta di frustrazioni, stanchezza e voglia di fuga, il tutto accompagnato all’insofferenza nei confronti di una famiglia troppo presente. This novel is the outlier--it takes place at the beach and the woman at its center, an Italian professor of English named Leda, is solitary, even, by choice it would seem, friendless. The regrets and remorse that constantly weigh a woman down, that juxtaposition really defines her books. But Ferrante never condemns her main characters, on the contrary, she demands respect for them, for their complexity and smallness, and their negative sides. Motherhood angst and a dose of pure genius. Nina, insieme a sua figlia Elena di tre anni, è la più giovane di questa variegata famiglia e proprio loro attirano l’attenzione di Leda. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. La donna le scruta, ne studia i comportamenti di mamma all’apparenza felice e soddisfatta, ma allo stesso tempo è incuriosita dalla finezza della giovane madre rispetto ai membri della grande famiglia rumorosa, arrivando a chiedersi cosa ci facessero madre e figlia in quel gruppo così diverso da loro. A fragile arrogance, a frightened audacity. It’s weird and wonderful in true Ferrante style. “Life can have an ironic geometry. Ci si aspetterebbe un dolore, un periodo di malinconia. ( especially loved book 2 and 3)..... After four read books, I can conclude that I experience an unconditional devotion to Ferrante's novels and emphatically place her amongst my favorite authors. I loved it for many of the same reasons that I loved Claire Messud's Woman Upstairs. This is signature Elena Ferrante, there is no mistaking her writing. La recensione è molto utile: ci prepara e suggerisce il miglior approccio ad un libro così importante. The doll seemed to trigger her memories of when she was a young mother, struggling with her academic career and caring for her two young daughters. clever too how author does this in title, she was a damaged daughter who wanted nothing more than to escape from her mother and grandmother in hillbilly naples, only to find she wanted nothing more than to escape from her phd husband and two daughters and pursue HER phd (which she did, and never looked back, for. Elena Ferrante is absolutely able to conceptualize, feel, display and express dichotomy of want/repulse, love/hate, scattered self-identity and in other general minutia, the Italian culture's brand of personality disordered woman. The best feature of this book was its size. It strikes me that her main characters always are very 'complexed': always women who struggle with their self esteem, and so also with what others and society in general expects of them, and who particularly are seized by their relationship to their mothers or to their children. Will she talk to her daughters?) Sonos toured the world with other Sardinian musicians such as Paolo Fresu. I no longer know, today, if they ever aroused in me love or only an affectionate sympathy for their weaknesses.”, See 2 questions about The Lost Daughter…. This novel is the outlier--it takes place at the beach and the woman at its center, an Italian professor of English named Leda, is solitary, even, by choice it would seem, friendless. Si tratta comunque di un libro coraggioso, a mio avviso, perché narra e affronta una tematica complessa: i sentimenti contrastanti di una madre verso i propri figli. A brutally frank novel of maternal ambivalence. "The hardest things to talk about are the ones we ourselves can't understand": this nugget arrives on page 2, and then - through a series of minor, but menacing events - she spends the next 125 examining those hardest things from her own past. This one is vilely unlikable. Scopri come i tuoi dati vengono elaborati. The author manages to take the flicker of lost independence that every mother feels and magnify it and state it in a brutal and unflinching way. Le due madri protagoniste del romanzo, Leda e Nina, sono solo apparentemente diverse tra loro. Per tre anni Leda non ha più visto nè sentito Bianca e Marta e, alla domanda di Nina su perchè le avesse lasciate, Leda risponde: “Le amavo troppo e mi pareva che l’amore per loro mi impediva di diventare me stessa“. Nina, insieme a sua figlia Elena di tre anni, è la più giovane di questa variegata famiglia e proprio loro attirano l’attenzione di Leda. Lo stereotipo della mamma sempre generosa, dedita, eternamente pronta e presente, così radicato soprattutto in Italia, s’infrange in questo romanzo, mettendo in luce l’ambivalenza che non di rado esiste nel rapporto madre-figli. “La figlia oscura” tocca temi spinosi per ogni donna: la difficoltà di essere madre, la necessità di non sentirsi soffocate dai propri figli e di far convivere la propria identità con quella dei propri figli, la solitudine e l’incomprensione all’interno della famiglia d’origine. "The Lost Daughter" is one of those amazing books where the stream-of-consciousness works. distrubing in its honesty about women caught between children and career or fullfillment or just wanting to do and be their own person apart from mama or wife or cleaner or whathaveyou. The conflicted nature of the main character suffering what I believe to be classic empty nest syndrome tinged with terrible regrets, she encounter. Even in small novels, little more than a short story actually, Ferrante really excels. by Europa Editions. A grand little story this is! Elena Ledda (born 17 may 1959 in Selargius) is an Italian singer from Sardinia. Un gruppo familiare largo, simile a quello di cui avevo fatto parte io quando ero bambina, stessi scherzi, stesse sdolcinatezze, stesse rabbie“. In the present, the book is about a middle aged woman, Leda, who takes a beach-side vacation for the summer. Le figlie sono partite per il Canada e lei si sente stranamente sollevata, inoltre le ha abbandonate quando avevano quattro e sei anni per inseguire il suo sogno di diventare docente universitaria. I hated the narrator, but I couldn't look away. This thing moves through you like an acidic breath of not-so-fresh air, but there's something magical to the voice that keeps the narrative moving very very quickly. The regrets and remorse that constantly weigh a woman down, that juxtaposition really defines her books. In 2006, Ledda participated in Visioni di Sardegna, written and produced by her longtime collaborator Mauro Palmas, who restored film footage of Sardinia from the Luce Institute, and assembled 18 musicians under the direction of RAI TV director, Rodolfo Roberti. We’d love your help. The casual, senseless meanness that she inflicts on the briefly lost Neapolitan daughter is only a sample of the more intentional pain that she has meted out to her own family. Wow. Elena Ferrante er et pseudonym for en italiensk forfatter som har solgt millionvis av bøker i Norge og ellers i verden.. Debutboken L'amore molesto fra 1992 ga henne Elsa Morante-prisen.Den skildrer en 45-åring fra Roma som etterforsker det som viste seg å være dobbel-identiteten til sin napolitanske mor. We went to Sardinia and I was blown away. 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But, for all her education and her literary sensibility it is Leda who turns out to be cruel for no apparent reason. The conflicted nature of the main character suffering what I believe to be classic empty nest syndrome tinged with terrible regrets, she encounters a family she becomes slightly obsessed with while holidaying alone, this obsession makes her act in some strange and objectionable ways. Ma le due ragazze partono per raggiungere il padre in Canada. clever too how author does this in title, she was a damaged daughter who wanted nothing more than to escape from her mother and grandmother in hillbilly naples, only to find she wanted nothing more than to escape from her phd husband and two daughters and pursue HER phd (which she did, and never looked back, for 3 years no contact whatsoever with her children or hubby, hah). Ma la scena finale del libro, che ovviamente non rivelerò, la riporterà nel suo ambiente d’origine in cui resta suo malgrado intrappolata. Early life. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Naples had seemed a wave that would drown me. All of this is tied up with a suspenseful plot, too--I read this book in one sitting. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Genealogia. Invece la donna, con imbarazzo, si sente come liberata e la vita le diventa più leggera. Evidenzia, nel corso della storia, anche la confusione e contradditorietà di Leda, che non riesce ad essere madre fino in fondo, restando in qualche modo ancora e sempre individualista. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly From the author of The Days of Abandonment , The Lost Daughter is Elena Ferrante's most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood yet. This novel is weird in a good way. A must-read for fans of the Naples tetralogy - for me perhaps her strongest standalone nov. The reclusive Elena Ferrante has come into much praise of late in the U.S. for her novels of female friendship set against the gritty backdrop of crime-ridden Naples. Even in small novels, little more than a short story actually, Ferrante really excels. They have achieved a truly unique and refreshing sound. This met with critical acclaim and TV interest in Greece, and resulted in a CD (Tutti Baci, Lyra 1095) also featuring Mauro Palmas and Primavera en Salonico. They survive, even thrive in her absence. She is shockingly honest which is refreshing. A 2007 recording was done with Andrea Parodi, who died before completing the work. Elena and her band make traditional music from Sardinia using all the mainstream instruments, with hardly any 'traditional Sardinian' instruments in sight, yet it sounds so traditional and so not-mainstream. Questo sito usa Akismet per ridurre lo spam. But, for all her education a. It’s been awhile since I read - and ‘obsessively’ enjoyed Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Elena nella mitologia greca è presentata come la più bella donna del mondo antico; ma anche la più famosa, la più amata e la più odiata. Her daughters are living overseas with their father. Ferrante's struggle is to shatter the assumed, especially in conservative societies, image of the woman - the mother, the wife, the housekeeper. Her four-book series of Neapolitan Novels are her most widely known works. It was small. The reclusive Elena Ferrante has come into much praise of late in the U.S. for her novels of female friendship set against the gritty backdrop of crime-ridden Naples. Elena. Beyond this, I found the characters utterly annoying, the plot borderline nauseating, and the writing... well, tolerable. I was riveted by the intensity of the narrator's experience as the mother of two grown daughters, the complicated feelings of love and self-reproach that eat away at her spirit long after she's no longer responsible for the care of the girls. She was an actress, known for The Little World of Don Camillo (1952), Antonio Meucci (1940) and The Mill on the Po (1949). This is the similarity I find in each novel - the endeavor to redeem pa. After four read books, I can conclude that I experience an unconditional devotion to Ferrante's novels and emphatically place her amongst my favorite authors. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Refresh and try again. It strikes me that her main characters always are very 'complexed': always women who struggle with their self esteem, and so also with what others and society in general expects of them, and who particularly are seized by their relationship to their mothers or to their children. Beneath the surface, it's about how her interactions with a Neapolitan family reminds her of her upbringing and, more poignantly, her relationships with her estranged daughters. This thing moves through you like an acidic breath of not-so-fresh air, but there's something magical to the voice that keeps the narrative moving very very quickly. Dopo tre anni Leda ritorna a casa, ma ancora una volta lo fa per soddisfare un suo bisogno, non certo per amore delle sue figlie. She was chosen by Sardinian movie director, Gianfranco Cabiddu, to be the leading voice for his live music/cinematic mix project, Sonos de Memoria, featuring film footage of Sardinia from the 1930s and leading contemporary Sardinian musicians playing over the film. To create our... To see what your friends thought of this book. She worked with Cooperativa Teatro di Sardegna in the late 1970s and has toured and recorded internationally. I simply admire the frankness and the brutality of her thoughts and celebrate eagerly the woman's manifest in each sentence. "The hardest things to talk about are the ones we ourselves can't understand": this nugget arrives on page 2, and then - through a series of minor, but menacing events. Le tradizioni ed alcuni mitografi sostengono che alcuni dei suoi figli siano stati concepiti con Zeus anziché dal marito. Clearly rooted to Sardinian tradition, yet so modern."[1]. Ne “La figlia oscura” Elena Ferrante si concentra, infatti, principalmente sul rapporto madre-figlio e su come questo non sia necessariamente un sentimento positivo. We’ve got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. The twisted story of the protagonist who steals a doll on a beach is both captivating and heartbreaking. Le ragazze, poco più che ventenni, decidono di trasferirsi in Canada, per raggiungere il padre. This novel is weird in a good way. Wow. Start by marking “The Lost Daughter” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Her collaboration with Savina Yannatou resulted in a series of ten concerts at the Half Note club in Athens at the end of March 2006. Leda è un’insegnante di letteratura inglese, divorziata da tempo, tutta dedita alle figlie e al lavoro. Ho letto questo libro l’anno scorso, trovandolo valido ma non indimenticabile (della Ferrante preferisco “I giorni dell’abbandono”). The internal conflict of remaining an individual woman versus the constraints of motherhood. Le due vivono in simbiosi, hanno un continuo bisogno di un contatto fisico che le faccia sentire l’una parte dell’altra. Welcome back. This novella starts off reminding me— in terms of the setting only—very much of the longish story “The Beach” in Cesare Pavese‘s, I loved this short novel from the ever incredible Elena Ferrante. To say : I am your history, you begin from me, listen to me, it could be useful to you.”, “Males always have something pathetic about them, at every age. In 2005 Elena collaborated with Neapolitan violinist, Lino Cannavacciuolo (Peppe Barra's violinist and original founder of the Solis String Quartet, now Noa's band of choice) to produce her CD Amargura. In this story Leda not really is a sympathetic character, she bluntly calls herself a bad woman and she has done things that by mainstream standards are really 'wrong'. I simply admire the frankness and the brutality of her thoughts and celebrate eagerly the woman's manifest in each sentence. Nemesi infatti essendo fuggita dalla compagnia di Zeus mutò il suo aspetto in oca, ma Zeus prese l'aspetto di un cigno e si unì a lei. In this story Leda not really is a sympathetic character, she bluntly calls herself a bad woman and she has done things that by mains. Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. “Mi sembrò un’anomalia del gruppo, un organismo misteriosamente sfuggito alla regola, la vittima ormai assuefatta di un rapimento o di uno scambio nella culla“. La donna dice di essersi “sentita più inutile e disperata senza di loro che con loro” e di aver avuto la fortuna di essersene resa conto in tre anni e trentasei giorni. She stumbles into a glancing association with the lost daughter of the title and her rough, fractious Neapolitan family. E questo, le figlie l’hanno oramai ben metabolizzato. napoletana Elena Ferrante, prima della pubblicazione della famosa serie iniziata con “L’amica geniale”. She died on March 16, 1997 in Rome. Tutto questo equilibrio si incrina però dinanzi ad un episodio apparentemente banale: la perdita della bambola di Elena. Alcuni dicono però che Elena era figlia di Zeus e di Nemesi. In typical Ferrante fashion, the narration wanders between the primary narrative of the protagonist's seaside vacation and her memories of her now-moved away daughters. She captures the torment of motherhood beautifully. This is certainly not a 4 star for enjoyment, but in writing ability and emotive core character layered, nearly a 5. Her soprano voice was suitable for opera, which she performed early in her career, but she was attracted by the folk singing of her native Sardinia and eventually recorded primarily in that genre. On. A must-read for fans of the Naples tetralogy - for me perhaps her strongest standalone novella. Ferrante's struggle is to shatter the assumed, especially in conservative societies, image of the woman - the mother, the wife, the housekeeper.