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"Fragments" Author: [Italy] Elena Ferrante Publisher: People's Literature Publishing House
"Fragments" Author: [Italy] Elena Ferrante Publisher: People's Literature Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
Fragments (2016) is a collection of letters, interviews and essays by Italian writer Elena Ferrante over the past 20 years. In the book, the writer reveals her exploration of writing style and themes, and reviews her own self-doubt and breakthroughs. These conversations wisely interpret the complex relationship between women and family, myths and culture, cities and memories, and writers and readers. Fragments is not only a guide to delve into Ferrante's literary world, but also an intelligent, distinct and firm literary declaration.
The book is divided into three parts according to the year: the first part, "Fragments 1991-2003", is the correspondence between the writer and the publisher, focusing on the hidden connection between the mother's body and writing in "Annoying Love", and also includes her detailed discussions with the director on the film adaptation of the novel, and also contains some creative fragments of the writer that have never been published; the second part, "Puzzle 2003-2007", includes the correspondence between the writer and the director on the film adaptation of "The Days of Abandonment", as well as the different directions she explored in her first three novels; the third part, "Letters 2011-2016", includes some written interviews the writer has accepted since the publication of the "Neapolitan Quartet". Readers can get a glimpse of the writer's interpretation of the novel and her sharp views on the history and tasks of women's writing.
The title of this book, “Fragment” (frantumaglia), comes from a dialect word often used by the author’s mother, referring to the pain experienced by individuals who encounter contradictions and confusion. However, the author developed it into his own literary concept and tried to release the liberating power behind this word in his years of creation: writers must use this vortex-like power to face the risk of losing control and reach real experiences that are unfamiliar to themselves and their readers.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Elena Ferrante is a pseudonym, and the author's true identity remains a mystery. In 1992, Elena Ferrante published her first novel, "Love Is Troublesome," which was adapted into a film of the same name by Italian director Mario Martone in 1995. Since then, she has published the novel "Days of Abandonment" (2002), the collection of correspondence documents with the publisher "Fragments" (2003), the novel "Daughter of the Dark" (2006), and the children's novel "The Beach at Night" (2007).
From 2011 to 2014, Ferrante published My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay, and The Lost Child at a frequency of one book per year. These four novels with related plots are called the "Neapolitan Quartet". They describe the half-century friendship between two girls born in a poor community in Naples in an epic style, and explore the complexity and depth of women's destiny in a sharp and delicate way.
In 2015, Ferrante was named "Woman of the Year" by the Financial Times. In 2016, Time magazine selected Elena Ferrante as one of the "100 Most Influential Artists". In March 2017, My Brilliant Friend was adapted into a play and staged in London. In 2017, HBO announced that the Neapolitan Quartet would be adapted into a TV series.
Fragments (2016) is an expanded version of Fragments (2003), adding the author's letters and interviews since 2003.
About the translator: Chen Ying, a PhD in Italian linguistics, is currently an associate professor at Sichuan International Studies University and the translator of the “Neapolitan Quartet”. His other translations include “The Angry Castle”, “A Man Disappears from the World”, “Persecution”, “Fist”, “Venice is a Fish”, “Shoelaces”, “Miniature World”, etc.
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