Sam Moore
Feels really special in its ability to create such a strong sense of depth and emotional nuance while making it look easy? I can't really think of another way to put it, but the way Ferrante uses language -- somewhere between the age of narrator and their adolescent self as the story unfolds, with a few fascinating interjections from the present tense -- understands these themes of rage, disillusionment, political upheaval, not just with the benefit of hindsight but as something that's always been there and feels deeply embodied. Constantly alive with the transformation of the characters and their neighbourhood; what might be always struggling to be born in fits and starts, held in place by choice or by force. Really terrific
Feels really special in its ability to create such a strong sense of depth and emotional nuance while making it look easy? I can't really think of another way to put it, but the way Ferrante uses language -- somewhere between the age of narrator and their adolescent self as the story unfolds, with a few fascinating interjections from the present tense -- understands these themes of rage, disillusionment, political upheaval, not just with the benefit of hindsight but as something that's always been there and feels deeply embodied. Constantly alive with the transformation of the characters and their neighbourhood; what might be always struggling to be born in fits and starts, held in place by choice or by force. Really terrific