The Days of Abandonment Audiobook

Quotes

• “I could not put this novel down. Elena Ferrante will blow you away.”

  — Alice Sebold, New York Times bestselling author

• “In Ferrante’s ice-pick of a novel, Olga’s orderly life spins into disarray—a purgatory of rage and bereavement.”

  — New York Times

• “The book’s power is in its fearless, closeup details and in the ways the narrative subtly implicates the reader: given a certain set of horrific circumstances, I, too, might be capable of this psychic fury.”

  — The Guardian (London)

• “Ferrante’s theme…has seldom received such close scrutiny in literary fiction…an elegant novel.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Sometimes, in dark times, it’s nice to have another voice beside you. This is a dark novel, and listening to the audiobook might help alleviate some of the desolation of the narrative.”

  — BookRiot (audio review)

• “This intelligent and darkly comic novel…conveys the resilience of a complex woman.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “In this deeply observed, excruciatingly blunt novel…Still, Ferrante knows just when to let up, and the redemptive note struck by the ending is a welcome reprieve.”

  — New Yorker