The identity of Elena Ferrante, the elusive author (and subject of a series of essays in the current issue of T) who has never been photographed, interviewed in person or seen in public, is a matter of intense debate thanks to her sharp, autobiographical novels, which explore female friendship in the context of Italian society. On the eve of the publication of “Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay,” the third volume in Ferrante’s Neapolitan series, we offer a short history of literary masks, from Jonathan Swift to J.K. Rowling.
埃琳娜·費蘭特(Elena Ferrante)是一個難以捉摸的作家(本期的T雜志中也有若干文章是關于她的),她的照片從未公之于眾,從不接受個人訪談,也從不在公眾中出現,她那些犀利的、自傳性質的小說以意大利社會為背景,探索女人之間的友誼,引發了激烈的爭論。新書《離開的和留下來的》(Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay)是她的那不勒斯系列小說的第三卷,在這本書出版前夕,我們來盤點一下那些隱姓埋名的作家們——從喬納森·斯威夫特(Jonathan Swift)到J·K·羅琳(J. K. Rowling)。