Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called "one of the great novelists of our time" (New York Times). "This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me... I have written as an author of novels, taking on matters that are important to me and that -- if I have the will and the time -- I'd like to develop within real narrative mechanisms." With these words, Elena Ferrante bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian newspaper. For a full year, she wrote weekly articles, the subjects of which had been suggested by Guardian editors, making the writing process a sort of prolonged interlocution. The subjects ranged from first love to climate change, from enmity among women to the experience of seeing her novels adapted for film and TV. Translated by Ann Goldstein, the acclaimed translator of Ferrante's novels, and accompanied by Andrea Ucini's intelligent, witty, and beautiful illustrations, this volume is a must for all curious readers.

Collisions, 18 March 2019 -- The first time, 20 January 2018 -- Fears, 27 January 2018 -- Keeping a diary, 3 February 2018 -- The end, 10 February 2018 -- The false and the true, 17 February 2018 -- Linguistic nationality, 24 February 2018 -- Laughter, 3 March 2018 -- Pregnant, 10 March 2018 -- Odious women, 17 March 2018 -- Daughters, 24 March 2018 -- The exclamation point, 31 March 2018 -- The only true name, 7 April 2018 -- The male story of sex, 14 April 2018 -- Trembling, 21 April 2018 -- Women friends and acquaintances, 28 April 2018 -- Digging, 5 May 2018 -- Writing that urges, 12 May 2018 -- Addictions, 19 May 2018 -- Insomnia, 26 May 2018 -- The pleasure of learning, 2 June 2018 -- Discontent, 9 June 2018 -- Winners and losers, 16 June 2018 -- Bad feelings, 22 June 2018 -- Ellipses, 30 June 2018 -- Works of art, 7 July 2018 -- The deluge of news, 14 July 2018 -- Literary novelty, 21 July 2018 -- Lies, 28 July 2018 -- Confessing, 4 August 2018 -- Clean breaks, 18 August 2018 -- Mothers, 25 August 2018 -- At the movies, 1 September 2018 -- Happy childhoods, 8 September 2018 -- Interviews, 15 September 2018 -- Love forever, 22 September 2018 -- No reason, 29 September 2018 -- Creative freedom, 6 October 2018 -- Plants, 13 October 2018 -- Leave-taking, 20 October 2018 -- Women who write, 27 October 2018 -- Stereotyped, 3 November 2018 -- The book and the film, 10 November 2018 -- Dying young, 17 November 2018 -- Jealousy, 24 November 2018 -- Not enough, 1 December 2018 -- The female version, 8 December 2018 -- Poetry and prose, 15 December 2018 -- This is me, 22 December 2018 -- Black skies, 29 December 2018 -- Stories that instruct, 5 January 2019 -- The last time, 12 January 2019.