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Elena Ferrante

Writing

Biography

Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels are among her best known works.

Known For

My Brilliant Friend
8.1

When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.

My Brilliant Friend

2018
The Lost Daughter
6.5

A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.

The Lost Daughter

2021
The Lying Life of Adults
7.3

Young Giovanna navigates her passage from childhood into adolescence as she experiences the different sides of Naples during the 1990s. A girl in search of her true reflection in a divided Naples: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity.

The Lying Life of Adults

2023
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
6.0

After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

1990
Troubling Love
6.0

When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the funeral. Trying to piece together her estranged parent's secret life, she'll face the hidden memories that shaped her family history.

Troubling Love

1995
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It follows Olga, a writer forced to give up her artistic ambitions when her husband suddenly leaves her and their two young daughters.

The Days of Abandonment

The Days of Abandonment
5.8

Olga's life is shattered when her husband leaves her. This makes her fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.

The Days of Abandonment

2005