Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Why Elena Ferrante Doesn't Like Exclamation Points

"Mainly, this is because I'm afraid of excesses - mine and others'. Sometimes people make fun of me. They say: 'You want a world without outbursts of joy, suffering, anger, hatred?' Yes, I want precisely that, I answer. ... But as the world isn't going in that direction, I make an effort, at least in the artificial universe that is delineated by writing, never to exaggerate with an exclamation mark."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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