For American audiences, the work of the anonymous, yet world-renowned Italian writer Elena Ferrante comes to us mediated through another voice—her English translator, Ann Goldstein. Goldstein is a portal into Ferrante’s visionary female-centric epic tales, including her quartet of bestselling Neapolitan novels, now adapted into the HBO series My Brilliant Friend. Goldstein’s latest Ferrante translation is The Lying Life of Adults: the story of an adolescent girl struggling to find herself and her place within late twentieth century Naples. Join Goldstein, Ferrante scholars and enthusiasts Katherine Hill, and Merve Emre for a panel discussion moderated by Greta Johnsen (Nerdette Podcast) on The Lying Life of Adults and the scope of Ferrante’s literary impact, from Naples to Chicago.
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