Elena Ferrante Quote

An ambitious novelist has a duty, now more than ever, to have a vast literary culture.


The Paris Review, Issue 212, Spring 2015, Art of Fiction No. 228


An ambitious novelist has a duty, now more than ever, to have a vast literary culture.

An ambitious novelist has a duty, now more than ever, to have a vast literary culture.

An ambitious novelist has a duty, now more than ever, to have a vast literary culture.

An ambitious novelist has a duty, now more than ever, to have a vast literary culture.