La hija oscura

Leda is a longtime divorced English literature teacher, dedicated to her daughters and work. When they move to live with the father, instead of experiencing the nostalgia and loneliness that he expected, Leda suddenly feels liberated and decides to take a vacation in a small town on the coast. But the days of apparent calm are over when we see this middle-aged and judicious woman running away from the beach with a doll in her arms.Page by page, a pleasant rest on the seashore becomes the portrait of a stubborn and lonely woman, assaulted by questions that lead her to risk everything. In The Dark Daughter, the most beloved novel by Elena Ferrante, madness goes hand in hand with absolute lucidity: nothing is superfluous when a meaningless gesture brings us closer to great literature.