First published 2016
On a moonlit Italian beach, a woman stares into the crashing waves, lost in a tide of memories. As night deepens, fragments of her troubled childhood, a devastating choice, and the tragedy that still haunts her surface. With each gust of wind, her carefully-constructed life begins to unravel. In this intimate, sensual novel, Elena Ferrante explores the inescapable weight of the past and the fragility of identity.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Italy
48 pages · Hardcover · Europa Editions
Content warnings: mental-illness