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Frau im Dunkeln : Roman [German] / Elena Ferrante.

by Ferrante, Elena.

Suhrkamp, 2020.

Divorced women -- Fiction.

Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.

Motherhood -- Fiction.

Empty nesters -- Fiction.

Self-realization in women -- Fiction.

9783518470954 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Lost daughter [German]

188 p. ; 19 cm.

First published in Italian, in Italy, in 2006, as: La figlia oscura.

In German, translated from the Italian.

"Ein heißer Sommer an der süditalienischen Küste, Leda -- knapp fünfzig, allein lebend, Mutter zweier erwachsener Töchter -- verbringt unbeschwerte Tage am Strand. Sie vertreibt sich die Zeit damit, eine junge Mutter und deren kleines Mdchen zu beobachten, die innig vor sich hin spielen. Doch plötzlich verdüstert sich das Idyll und die sonst so beherrschte Leda lässt sich zu einer unbegreiflichen Tat hinreißen " -- from publisher.

"Leda is a middle-aged divorcee devoted to her work as an English teacher and to her two children. When her daughters leave home to be with their father in Canada, Leda anticipates a period of loneliness and longing. Instead, slightly embarrassed by the sensation, she feels liberated, as if her life has become lighter, easier. She decides to take a holiday by the sea, in a small coastal town in southern Italy. But after a few days of calm and quiet, things begin to take a menacing turn. Leda encounters a family whose brash presence proves unsettling, at times even threatening. When a small, seemingly meaningless, event occurs, Leda is overwhelmed by memories of the difficult and unconventional choices she made as a mother and their consequences for herself and her family. The apparently serene tale of a woman's pleasant rediscovery of herself soon becomes the story of a ferocious confrontation with an unsettled past."--From publisher.

Psychological fiction.

Italian fiction -- Translations into German.

German language materials.

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