In the Margins is an enjoyable collection of essays on the pleasures of reading and writing, on a life lived on paper, and on the joys of literary adventure. The origin story of a prolific literary figure, these essays outline Elena Ferrante’s development as both a reader and writer and some of her major influences. Almost like a behind the scenes tour of her work.
— Russell, New York"Everyone should read everything with Elena Ferrante's name on it."--The Boston Globe
"Ferrante is an oracle among authors, writing literary epics as illuminating as origin myths, explaining us to ourselves."--Claire Luchette, O, The Oprah Magazine
Four essays on writing and reading by the internationally bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lying Life of Adults.