{"product_id":"9781609457372","title":"In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2022 (\u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour new and revelatory essays by the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2020, Claire Luchette in \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Everyone should read everything with Elena Ferrante’s name on it.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029534523632,"sku":"9781609457372","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609457372_p0.jpg?v=1763837460","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609457372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}