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My Brilliant Friend Readalong, The Prologue: Importance of the Frame. . .

My Brilliant Friend Readalong, The Prologue: Importance of the Frame. . .

I’ve chosen four-and-a-bit pages to begin our Readalong with, reserving this post for a discussion of the Prologue. This small “assignment” isn’t suggested simply to give you time to catch up after the long weekend,…

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My Brilliant Friend, readalong, The Prologue

My Brilliant Friend, readalong, The Prologue

Welcome to this Read-Along of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend.  Never having attempted to host a read-along here before, I’m not sure how this project might evolve, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out together.…

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Ferrante Again. . . and some plans. . . and an apology from a bad blogger

Ferrante Again. . . and some plans. . . and an apology from a bad blogger

A month after I last posted on Elena Ferrante’s four-volume Neapolitan series, and there’s no longer any point in pretending that I will be able to write what I’d once hoped to.  Goofily, however, I’m…

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Finally, More Ferrante . . .

Finally, More Ferrante . . .

I can’t tell you how much I’m regretting some of the promises I made around here. Neck deep in packing and everything else that goes with moving, I’m more inclined to read murder mysteries* than…

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A Guest Blogger Reads Ferrante . . .

A Guest Blogger Reads Ferrante . . .

An article on the Sassi di Matera (the stone homes/cave dwellings in Puglia, Italy) in this weekend’s Globe and Mail Travel section reminded me that I’d just learned about these remarkable buildings and the culture…

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