Days of Abandonment
by Elena Ferrante
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosiontroubled leadscomplex relationship
Boxlist takeAn emotional novel that is contained, inventive and weighty. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.6 / 5
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About This Book
Once an aspiring writer, Olga traded literary ambition for marriage and motherhood; when Mario dumps her after 15 years, she is utterly unprepared. Though she tells herself that she is a competent woman, nothing like the poverella (poor abandoned wife) that mothers whispered about in her childhood, Olga falls completely apart.
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- Author
- Elena Ferrante
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 202
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- Open Library
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