Reflections on reading and writing from the author of My Brilliant Friend.
Ann Goldstein Book order (chronological)
Ann Goldstein is a distinguished translator from Italian, whose work is characterized by a profound understanding of literary nuances. Her translations often introduce Italian literature to a wider audience, meticulously preserving the original style and authorial intent. Goldstein focuses on making key Italian works accessible, particularly engaging with authors such as Primo Levi and Roberto Calasso. Her contributions are celebrated for their accuracy and literary sensitivity, establishing her as a significant figure in international literary translation.
Set in the late 1960s and the 1970s, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay continues the story of the feisty and rebellious Lina and her lifelong friend, the brilliant and bookish Elena. Lina, after separating from her husband, is living with her young son in a new neighbourhood of Naples and working at a local factory. Elena has left Naples, earned a degree from an elite college, and published a novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned and fascinating interlocutors. The era, with its dramatic changes in sexual politics and social costumes, with its seemingly limitless number of new possibilities, is rendered with breathtaking vigour. This third Neapolitan Novel is not only a moving story of friendship but also a searing portrait of a rapidly changing world. Since the publication of My Brilliant Friend, the first of the Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante's fame as one of today's most compelling, insightful, and stylish authors has grown. She has gained admirers among authors, artists, and critics. But her most resounding success has undoubtedly been with readers, who have discovered in Ferrante a writer who speaks with great power and beauty of the mysteries of belonging, human relationships, love, family, and friendship.
The story of the lost child
- 473 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, this story of a lifelong friendship is told with unmatched honesty. Lila and Elena clash, drift apart, reconcile, and clash again, in the process revealing new facets of their friendship.
This Is Not To Be Looked At
Highlights from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- 379 pages
- 14 hours of reading
This comprehensive catalogue showcases over 150 exemplary international artists and accompanies the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' major 2008 exhibition, Collecting Collections. It includes short texts on each artist and essays by Chief Curator Paul Schimmel and Senior Curator Ann Goldstein, marking a significant milestone in the museum's publishing history. Featured artists encompass historical figures such as Ad Reinhardt, Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, Diane Arbus, Alberto Giacometti, Morris Louis, Mark Rothko, Garry Winogrand, Barnett Newman, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, and Piet Mondrian. Contemporary Los Angeles artists include Doug Aitken, John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Vija Celmins, Mike Kelley, Catherine Opie, Nancy Rubins, Paul McCarthy, Lari Pittman, Diana Thater, James Welling, Laura Owens, Bill Owens, Charles Ray, Raymond Pettibon, Jason Rhoades, and Edward Ruscha. New York artists featured are Vito Acconci, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Brice Marden, David Salle, Claes Oldenburg, Julian Schnabel, Cady Noland, Richard Prince, Kara Walker, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, and Kiki Smith. International artists include Francis Alÿs, Maurizio Cattelan, Thomas Demand, Rineke Dijkstra, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Olafur Eliasson, Rodney Graham, Andreas Gursky, Mona Hatoum, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Chris Ofili, Gabriel Orozco, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. The title is inspired by a 1966-68 w