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The Lost Daughter is a novel published by writer Elena Ferrante in 2006, in Italian (original title: La Figlia Oscura), and translated to English by Ann Goldstein in 2008. The novel was adapted to cinema in the film of the same name, in Maggie Gyllenhaal 's directorial debut, starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and Dakota Johnson .
Jan 1, 2006 · 47,901 ratings5,161 reviews. Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation.
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Jan 6, 2022 · The Lost Daughter Has a Mysterious Ending. The Book Can Help. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Netflix movie adaptation is quite faithful to Elena Ferrante’s book, with one major exception. By Marissa...
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Jul 1, 2008 · Leda remembers how she herself was lost as a child and her panic when one of her own daughters was lost. But when Nani, Elena's doll, goes missing the novel reaches its emotional epicenter. Leda, it turns out in a moment redolent with psychological implications, has taken it.
In 2006, Ferrante published her third novel, The Lost Daughter (in the original version, La figlia oscura). The novel follows Leda, a woman who is spending her vacations on an Italian beach, and becomes obsessed with a nearby Italian family, especially with a woman and her young daughter.
Following the extraordinary success of The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante ’s The Lost Daughter explores the conflicting emotions that tie us to our children. This candid fiction represents her most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood thus far.
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