It’sararefeelingwhenweopenabookandfindourselveslostinitspages;findingpiecesofourselvesinthestoryandlettingourselvesbeenvelopedintheemotionsthatarise.ThiseffectiswhattheworksofElenaFerrantearemostknownfor.ListedamongTimemagazine’s100mostinfluentialpeopleintheworld,ElenaFerranteisacontemporaryicon,whoseidentityiscloselylinkedtohernovelsandnothingmore.Despitehermassiveinternationalsuccess,ElenaFerranteisanauthorwhosetrueidentityremainsunknown.Viaexcerptreadingsandinterviewswithcritics,directors,booksellers,editorsandauthorssuchasJonathanFranzenandElizabethStrout,FerranteFeverexploresFerrante’sdeeplyintimatewritingandlooksintoherchoicetoremainanonymous,whichsparkedanunprecedentedculturaldebate.FilmedbetweenItalyandtheUnitedStates,FerranteFeverdoesn’tnecessarilygoinsearchoftheidentityofthe"facelesswriter,”instead,ithopestodiscoverthesecretofhersuccess.Howwassheabletocreatestoriesthatwouldconquerreadersoverthecourseof12years?In-depthinterviewsprovideanswers,butsodothewriter'sownwords,andtheplacesandprotagonistsinhernovels.
