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Troubling Love
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Following her mother's untimely and unexplained drowning, which was preceded by a series of strange phone calls, forty-five-year-old Delia leaves Rome and embarks on a voyage of discovery through the beguiling yet often hostile streets of her native Naples. She is searching for the truth about her family and the men in her mother's life, past and present, including an abusive husband. What she discovers will be more unsettling than she imagines, but will also reveal truths about herself, in this psychological mystery marked by "tactile, beautifully restrained prose" (
) about mothers and daughters and the complicated knot of lies and emotions that binds them.
"Ferrante's polished language belies the rawness of her imagery."
"With the quick-paced mystery guiding the story, Delia explores her relationship with her mother, unraveling memories and secrets repressed since childhood and coming to terms with an upbringing filled with jealousy and violence . . .
is vivid and powerful."
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“Non so bene cosa pensare di questo libro. Provenendo dalla sua famosa tetralogia, sono rimasta spiazzata da quest'opera, per quanto io abbia messo da parte il paragone.
Delia è una protagonista forte, ma tormentata dalla perdita della madre e dall'ambiente in cui si ritrova a convivere e sopravvivere. Troppo da nascondere e troppo da sopportare, al punto da cucirsi addosso un'identità che allo stesso tempo odia.
Durante l'intera lettura ho avuto spesso il sapore di amaro in bocca, costantemente combattuta se quello che stavo leggendo mi stesse piacendo o meno.
Nonostanre tutto, la scrittura dell'autrice non si smentisce mai, ipnotica e sempre apprezabile. Forse è proprio questa l'unica cosa che mi ha tenuta incollata quando pensavo di interrompere la lettura.”
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