A review by cestelaine
Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante
5.0
Wowsers. My first dip into Ferrante’s work and I was not left disappointed.
A gritty rendering of place, time, identity and familial ties. Ferrante deftly and eloquently draws us into the battle to unravel the lingering consequences when the boundaries between realities, lies and childish imagination become blurred. An exacting exploration of what happens when we attempt to bury our trauma.
There is a ‘noir’ edge to the writing here and I loved it.
A gritty rendering of place, time, identity and familial ties. Ferrante deftly and eloquently draws us into the battle to unravel the lingering consequences when the boundaries between realities, lies and childish imagination become blurred. An exacting exploration of what happens when we attempt to bury our trauma.
There is a ‘noir’ edge to the writing here and I loved it.