The Beach at Night, Elena Ferrante
The Beach at Night, Elena Ferrante
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The Beach at Night

Author: Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein

Narrator: Natalie Portman

Unabridged: 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2016

Synopsis

A “beautifully written” (Washington Post) dark fable from a doll’s point of view by the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Daughter and the Neapolitan NovelsReaders of Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter may recall the little doll—lost or stolen—around which that novel revolves. Here, Ferrante retells the tale from the doll’s perspective. Celina is having a terrible night, one full of jealousy for the new kitten, Minù; feelings of abandonment and sadness; misadventures at the hands of the beach attendant; and dark dreams. But she will be happily found by Mati, her child, once the sun rises.

About Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante, author of The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, and My Brilliant Friend, among others, is one of Italy’s most important and acclaimed contemporary writers. She was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2016 by Time.

About Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman, Academy Award–winning actress, filmmaker, and philanthropist, first charmed audiences at the age of eleven in Luc Besson’s The Professional. Since then she has starred in over twenty-five films, including Beautiful Girls, Cold Mountain, Garden State, and Closer. In 2011, she received an Oscar for her performance in Darren Aronofsky’s critically acclaimed film Black Swan. Portman has also taken on a variety of roles behind the lens including A Tale of Love and Darkness, which she wrote, directed, and starred in. She will soon be seen as Jacqueline Kennedy in Pablo Larraín’s Jackie, to be released by Fox Searchlight in December 2016. When Portman isn’t working, she serves as ambassador of WE and FINCA, in addition to working with Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. A Harvard graduate with a degree in psychology, Portman has also studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ola

لطالما كانت القراءة والكتابة طريقتي في استعادة الهدوء عودة للرائعة فيرانتي بعد الرباعية الأكثر ابداعاً و أثراً في النفس و الذاكرة .. رباعية صديقتي المذهلة بالنسبة للإبنة الغامضة فلم أرى فيها إلا اشتقاقاً واضحاً من حكاية بطلة الرباعية إيلينا غريكو (لينو) و مسار حياتها ، فالرواية تصلح للقراءة لمن يود......more

Quotes

“Wondrous…This book will be a small delight, another lovely and brutal glimpse of female subtext, of the complicated bonds between mothers and daughters in a cruel and indifferent world.” New York Times

“Beautifully written.” Washington Post

“Translated beautifully and uncompromisingly by Ann Goldstein, The Beach at Night is a dark tale with a complex girl-doll heroine…Classic Elena for beginners.” Times (London)

“It’s the disconcerting combination of the doll’s intensely human emotions and complete lack of agency that leaves the strongest impression.” Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • Library Journal Audio-in-Advance Pick
  • Entertainment Weekly Pick
  • NPR Best Book
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