Ann Goldstein

Nov 15, 2024 | adastrastories.substack.com | Andrea Abreu |Julia Sanches |Elena Ferrante |Ann Goldstein

[Dear readers: This issue contains discussions of transphobia.]Thank you to everyone who provided feedback in our recent newsletter survey! From thoughts on these newsletters to insightful advice for our website, we truly appreciate you taking the time. The winner of our giveaway has been contacted, and we look forward to reviewing all your feedback and implementing it going forward—starting with some new additions and reorganization to this newsletter issue.

Nov 4, 2024 | thebookerprizes.substack.com | Elena Ferrante |Ann Goldstein

This November, we’d love you to join us in reading (or re-reading) The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, translated into English by Ann Goldstein. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2016, the novel – which is set against the raw backdrop of Ferrante’s native Naples – concludes the author’s four-part series chronicling the lives of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, uncontainable Lila.

Oct 6, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Primo Levi |Ann Goldstein

Review By – October 9, 2023 In this beau­ti­ful mem­oir, Rosa Lowinger braids her Ashke­nazi fam­i­ly’s his­to­ry in Cuba with her per­son­al jour­ney, which includes her suc­cess­ful career as an art con­ser­va­tor. Born in Cuba in 1956, Lowinger immi­grat­ed with her fam­i­ly to the Unit­ed States in 1961 after they were forced to acknowl­edge the pre­vail­ing polit­i­cal winds.