{"product_id":"in-the-margins-on-the-pleasures-of-reading-and-writing-9781609457372b","title":"In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2022 (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour new and revelatory essays by the author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2020, Claire Luchette in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e described the beloved Italian novelist Elena Ferrante as “an oracle among authors.” Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers. She writes about her influences, her struggles, and her formation as both a reader and a writer; she describes the perils of “bad language” and suggests ways in which it has long excluded women’s truth; she proposes a choral fusion of feminine talent as she brilliantly discourses on the work of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Ingeborg Bachmann, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a subtle yet candid book by “one of the great novelists of our time” about adventures in literature, both in and out of the margins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“Everyone should read everything with Elena Ferrante’s name on it.”—\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43002038878288,"sku":"9781609457372B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/in-the-margins-on-the-pleasures-of-reading-and-writing-9781609457372b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}