Elena Ferrante is, as all the world knows by now, the pseudonym for the elusive author of, among other books, “The Lost Daughter,” which was recently made into a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, ...

The self-effacing translator worked with the “My Brilliant Friend” author again for her latest book, “The Lying Life of Adults.” Ann Goldstein, the translator who worked with Elena Ferrante again for ...

Ann Goldstein translates Elena Ferrante’s books from Italian into English, but she has never read the author’s acclaimed Neapolitan novels all the way through. Turnaround time was so tight while she ...

Even if the writer clarified her professional need to remain anonymous back then, the book certainly did not put an end to public curiosity, speculation, and clamour in some quarters of the press to ...

No one knows who Elena Ferrante really is — the author's identity is a secret. Normally when I hear something like this, my reaction is muted. I understand why a writer might not want to become a ...

If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. You need to understand a bit about Naples for “The Lying Life of ...