![]() ![]() ![]() Lenù (Elena Greco) gets off lightly: a scuffle on the pavement and a broken bracelet. The metaphor works well: in Ferrante’s most famous quartet of novels, My Brilliant Friend, the Solara brothers, young gangsters who drive around Naples in a flashy car, often stop to molest various girls in the neighborhood. Critics have been quick to compare his revelations to rape. In subsequent attempts to explain what motivated him, Gatti suggests that the author in question was asking for it and that it was what she wanted, anyway. This “outing” was immediately criticized, but Ferrante’s own work - and particularly her engagement with ancient literature - can help us understand what the outing of authors means. In an article published by the New York Review of Books last Monday, investigative journalist Claudio Gatti reveals the identity of the author writing under the pseudonym Elena Ferrante. Vasily Surikov, “Naples” (1900) Outing the Author: Ferrante ![]()
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