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What a transcendent reflection on Ferrante and also what a collective reading experience can be. I love the idea of all writing emerging from others as lives do: “The idea of emergence through another is a great theme of the novel. The past emerges through the present. Parents emerge through their children until their children come to resemble them. The writing of others emerges through our own writing; there is no original writing in the sense we are taught to produce, no sui generic work of genius.“

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Thanks for this. It makes me miss the English Lit classes I never had.

Such a luxurious read right before summer kicks off. Which reminds me: you have achieved the highest honor of The DFC, the "Told You So" Award. You achieved what we once thought was unattainable by presenting people who time travel and will never die. Never ever. Well played, Madame.

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Wow, what a great ending.

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I was stricken by the relationship between between Lila and Lenu - I read the books years ago and it still sticks -- because of tits rawness - the raw depiction of love and jealousy. Is jealousy necessarily a component of competition? And can you truly love that person with whom you compete?

Alice, I look forward to your Sunday chats.

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I don't know! Those are definitely questions raised in The Neapolitan novel, and in the lives of writers everywhere.

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Thank you for this. Inspiring. Do good work!

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❤️❤️❤️

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