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Days of Abandonment: Ferrante on Resilience

Posted on September 25, 2026 by dleoar

DAYS OF ABANDONMENT is a novel of grief as it is of growth; Olga is a resilient woman. The story baseline unfolds a psychological trigger on Olga, her husband Mario has just announced leaving Olga and her two kids for a younger woman. Olga, at the beginning is rationalizing. Her mind reasons on past memories […] Continue reading →

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"The Days of Abandonment" by Ferrante: Spiraling

Posted on September 24, 2026 by Sydney Hyndman

Upon reading this story, the first thought that came to mind is: have the books we’ve read so far essentially been intense depictions of what many individuals experience in daily life? In the case of The Possession, don’t we all get a little jealous af… Continue reading →

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Justice 4 Otto

Posted on September 24, 2026 by ava

I have many thoughts. Not many of them are positive, but I will try to keep this as pleasant as… Continue reading →

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The Days of Abandonment: The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

Posted on September 24, 2026 by parden

As I’m writing this, I’m only about 70% of the way through the novel (I’ll finish tonight once this is posted) (illegal, I know), and so if there are any plot twists in the last quarter then that’s why I won’t reference them. 1. Firstly, I wanted to briefly note the progression of how the […] Continue reading →

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The Days of Abandonment

Posted on September 24, 2026 by Matteya

I enjoyed reading this book for the most part and I’m learning from this class and from RMST 202 that I like Italian books. I remember also liking the Ferrante from the previous class, although I did like it quite a bit more than this book. Throughout the book, I felt that although Olga had a terrible thing happen to… Continue reading →

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The Days of Abandonment (Olga, Queen of Crashing Out)

Posted on September 21, 2026 by Sofia

Having read Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend for RMST 202 and loving it so much I’m now on book three of the quartet, I went into this with high, high hopes, which weren’t quite met. Let me explain. I read this in one evening and was left feeling very stressed after. The entire book is […] Continue reading →

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Ferrante – Abandon your life

Posted on September 21, 2026 by dnabi

“The Days of Abandonment” can relate to someone or something. Is the book about Olga’s emotional insecurity of being discarded, or is it about how Olga abandons servitude and steps into a great future? I feel this story is heroic, Olga abandons her lifelong servitude to finally focus on and discover herself, it’s not easy […] Continue reading →

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