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The rewarding adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel returns to Sky Atlantic and HBO
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The novelist isn’t the equivalent of women writers like George Eliot using a male moniker — her pseudonym is a cleverer, more literary device
Best-selling novelist named as Anita Raja, a Rome-based translator
A journalist appears to have revealed the true identity of the pseudonymous Italian author — but did we need to know?
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Italian writer is captivating readers with the mystery of her identity, writes Rachel Sanderson
The woman behind some of today’s best-loved literary fiction is determined to remain an enigma. The FT is granted a rare interview
FT critics and experts select their must-read titles
A round-up of the titles to remember
Anglophone readers may be growing more open to global literature but large parts of the world remain out of bounds
‘What book changed my life? Books don’t change your life. If they are good, they can hurt and bring confusion’
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