105 The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante — Closing the Circle

Julia and Victoria talk inevitability and unreliable narrators in The Story of the Lost Child and celebrate finishing Elena Ferrante’s iconic Neapolitan series. They try and fail to solve the unsolvable ending.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

• In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante

• The Lying Life of Adults on Netflix

• The Dave Chang Show (podcast)

• 10 Things I Hate About You

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• Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion

• Gilead by Marilyn Robinson

• Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson

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