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Days of Abandonment : A Novel by Elena Ferrante (2005, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherEuropa Editions, Incorporated
ISBN-101933372001
ISBN-139781933372006
eBay Product ID (ePID)46907878
Product Key Features
Book TitleDays of Abandonment : a Novel
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Contemporary Women
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorElena Ferrante
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-299766
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for The Days of Abandonment "A masterpiece...The magic of Days of Abandonment remains the fierce intelligence of its narrator." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "The writer is immensely self-aware and her frankness is stunning." --The New York Times "Ferrante's novels are tactile and sensual, visceral and dizzying." --The Guardian "Nothing you read about Elena Ferrante's work prepares you for the ferocity of it." --Amy Rowland, The New York Times "Ferrante's voice feels necessary. She is the Italian Alice Munro." --Mona Simpson, author of Casebook and Anywhere But Here "Elena Ferrante: the best angry woman writer ever!" --John Waters, director "[Ferrante] describes the female experience so intimately and so vividly that the reader feels like she could (and should) know the writer personally." --Kat Stoeffel, New York Magazine "Ferrante puts most other writing at the moment in the shade. She's marvelous" --Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North , Richard Flanagan, Praise for The Days of Abandonment "A masterpiece...The magic of Days of Abandonment remains the fierce intelligence of its narrator." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "The writer is immensely self-aware and her frankness is stunning." --The New York Times "Ferrante's novels are tactile and sensual, visceral and dizzying." --The Guardian "Nothing you read about Elena Ferrante's work prepares you for the ferocity of it." --Amy Rowland, The New York Times "Ferrante's voice feels necessary. She is the Italian Alice Munro." --Mona Simpson, author of Casebook and Anywhere But Here "Elena Ferrante: the best angry woman writer ever!" --John Waters, director "[Ferrante] describes the female experience so intimately and so vividly that the reader feels like she could (and should) know the writer personally." --Kat Stoeffel, New York Magazine "Ferrante puts most other writing at the moment in the shade. She's marvelous" --Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North , Richard Flanagan
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal853.92
SynopsisA BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - NEW YORK TIMES From the New York Times-bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, this novel of a deserted wife's descent into despair--and rage--is "a masterpiece" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman's experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even refrain from assaulting him physically. In a "raging, torrential voice" (The New York Times), Olga conveys her journey from denial to devastating emptiness--and when she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal. "Intelligent and darkly comic."--Publishers Weekly "Remarkable, lucid, austerely honest."--The New Yorker, "She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years."-"-""Corriere della Sera "Ferrante dissects the personal microcosm so well, and with awesome lucidity and precision shows us the meanderings of a woman's mind, the suffering that accompanies being abandoned, and the awful rumbling of time passing."-"-""El Mundo "Elena Ferrante has given us a startlingly beautiful novel of exceptional and bold strength."-"-""Il Manifesto "Severe and rigorously unsentimental, packed full of passages written with dizzying intensity at a rare and acute pitch. Ferrante is at her best when her writing holds tight to those nagging, niggling obsessions that make up our mental landscapes."-"-""La Stampa A national bestseller for almost an entire year, "The Days of Abandonment shocked and captivated its Italian public when first published. The gripping story of a woman's descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband with two young children to care for. When she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal. Elena Ferrante was born in Naples. Though she is one of Italy's most important and acclaimed contemporary authors, her identity is a mystery. Theories and speculation as to who Elena Ferrante really is continue to circulate, however the author has successfully shunned public attention and been able to keep her whereabouts, and her true identity, concealed. "The Days of Abandonment, her second novel, is currently being made into a film by director Roberto Faenza, and is due for release inNorth America in 2006., " Rarely have the foundations upon which our ideas of motherhood and womanhood rest been so candidly questioned. This compelling novel tells the story of one woman's headlong descent into what she calls an ""absence of sense"" after being abandoned by her husband. ""Stunning . . . The raging, torrential voice of the author is something rare."" -The New York Times Rarely have the foundations upon which our ideas of motherhood and womanhood rest been so candidly questioned. This compelling novel tells the story of one woman's headlong descent into what she calls an ""absence of sense"" after being abandoned by her husband. Olga's ""days of abandonment"" become a desperate, dangerous freefall into the darkest places of the soul as she roams the empty streets of a city that she has never learned to love. When she finds herself trapped inside the four walls of her apartment in the middle of a summer heat wave, Olga is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal again.", From the author of My Brilliant Friend "She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years."- Corriere della Sera "Ferrante dissects the personal microcosm so well, and with awesome lucidity and precision shows us the meanderings of a woman's mind, the suffering that accompanies being abandoned, and the awful rumbling of time passing."- El Mundo "Elena Ferrante has given us a startlingly beautiful novel of exceptional and bold strength."- Il Manifesto "Severe and rigorously unsentimental, packed full of passages written with dizzying intensity at a rare and acute pitch. Ferrante is at her best when her writing holds tight to those nagging, niggling obsessions that make up our mental landscapes."- La Stampa A national bestseller for almost an entire year, The Days of Abandonment shocked and captivated its Italian public when first published. It is the gripping story of a woman's descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband with two young children to care for. When she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal., A BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - NEW YORK TIMES From the New York Times -bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend , this novel of a deserted wife's descent into despair--and rage--is "a masterpiece" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ). The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman's experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even refrain from assaulting him physically. In a "raging, torrential voice" ( The New York Times ), Olga conveys her journey from denial to devastating emptiness--and when she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal. "Intelligent and darkly comic."-- Publishers Weekly "Remarkable, lucid, austerely honest."-- The New Yorker
LC Classification NumberPQ4866.E63
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- Jun 25, 2021
Days of abandonment is a perfect title for it.
II love reading Elena Ferrante books. I fine myself unable to pull down the book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 01, 2022
The title does suit the book
I found the book to be depressingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 29, 2022
depressing
I found the subject depressing and sadVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 28, 2021
Did not like.
Found many areas inappropriate.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
