Michiko Kakutani’s New York Times Review of Elena Ferrante’s Frantumaglia: Quote from book implies Ferrante (post 6) has multiple personality.

Michiko Kakutani (New York Times, October 10, 2016) reviews Elena Ferrante’s latest book, Frantumaglia (meaning “a jumble of fragments”) — a collection described by its publisher as “consisting of over 20 years of letters, essays, reflections, and interviews” (1).

Quote from book: “When one stops writing one becomes oneself again, the person one usually is, in terms of occupations, thoughts, language. Thus I am now me again, I am here, I go about my ordinary business, I have nothing to do with the book, or, to be exact, I entered it, but I can no longer enter it” (1).

Kakutani thinks the above is “pretentious” (1). I think it describes the switch from the alternate personality (“Elena Ferrante”) to the regular personality (Anita Raja?).

1. Michiko Kakutani. “Review: Elena Ferrante Wants Privacy. Her New Book Implies Otherwise.” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/books/review-elena-ferrante-frantumaglia.html