“More than one person, doubtless like me, writes to have no face,” Michel Foucault once said. To the French philosopher, writing was a means of escaping fixed identities that are restrictive. “Do not ...

Elena Ferrante is, as all the world knows by now, the pseudonym for the elusive author of, among other books, “The Lost Daughter,” which was recently made into a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, ...

Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet is an unforgettable work. My Brilliant Friend (2012), The Story of a New Name (2013), ...

There is a moment in Elena Ferrante's "My Brilliant Friend" when Elena, the narrator and possibly the author's alter ego, reacts to a letter she has received from the book's other main character, Lila ...

Even if the writer clarified her professional need to remain anonymous back then, the book certainly did not put an end to public curiosity, speculation, and clamour in some quarters of the press to ...

No one knows who Elena Ferrante really is — the author's identity is a secret. Normally when I hear something like this, my reaction is muted. I understand why a writer might not want to become a ...

Ever since her first novel, Troubling Love, was published in 1992, nobody has known the true identity of bestselling Italian author Elena Ferrante. The name printed on the cover of her books was a ...

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In pieces both philosophical and practical, the pseudonymous author shares her conceptions of writing and reading. By Molly Young When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...