Praise for
The Days of Abandonment "A masterpiece...The magic of
Days of Abandonment remains the fierce intelligence of its narrator."
–The Philadelphia Inquirer "The writer is immensely self-aware and her frankness is stunning."
–The New York Times "Ferrante's novels are tactile and sensual, visceral and dizzying."
–The Guardian "Nothing you read about Elena Ferrante's work prepares you for the ferocity of it."
–Amy Rowland,
The New York Times "Ferrante's voice feels necessary. She is the Italian Alice Munro."
–Mona Simpson, author of
Casebook and
Anywhere But Here "Elena Ferrante: the best angry woman writer ever!"
–John Waters, director
"[Ferrante] describes the female experience so intimately and so vividly that the reader feels like she could (and should) know the writer personally."
–Kat Stoeffel,
New York Magazine "Ferrante puts most other writing at the moment in the shade. She's marvelous"
–Booker Prize-winning author of
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan