00 偶然的创造

开始读《偶然的创造》，埃莱娜·费兰特的卫报专栏合集，刚读了四五篇，觉得很好，标题都是卫报的编辑提给埃莱娜·费兰特的，不能更改，有点像一份问卷，于是有了以同样的题目写下文字的想法。

顺便整理了下在卫报发表时的英文标题、发布时间，以及编辑选取的文章副题。

冲击 | Collisions | 18 March 2019
第一次 | The first time | 20 January 2018

‘I loved that boy to the point where I felt close to fainting’
In the first of a new weekly series, the novelist recalls her first love
恐惧 | Fears | 27 January 2018

‘The cat brought in a snake and left it under my bed. Screaming, I chased it out’
The novelist on learning to accept fear
写日记 | Keeping a diary | 3 February 2018

‘The experience of writing a diary transformed me into a fiction writer’
生命的尽头 | The end | 10 February 2018

‘My belief in some kind of beyond, acquired during childhood, has faded’
虚构与真实 | The false and the true | 17 February 2018

‘I’m tired of fiction, I no longer see a reason to go hunting for anecdotes’
语言的民族性 | Linguistic nationality | 24 February 2018

‘Yes, I’m Italian – but I’m not loud, I don’t gesticulate and I’m not good with pizza’
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开怀大笑 | Laughter | 3 March 2018

‘Laughing, we feel the grip of the powerful on our lives relax’
怀孕 | Pregnant | 10 March 2018

‘Nothing is comparable to the joy of bringing another living creature into the world’
讨厌的女人 | Odious women | 17 March 2018

‘Even today, after a century of feminism, we can’t fully be ourselves’
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女儿 | Daughters | 24 March 2018

‘Dreaming of a return to the past is a denial of youth’
感叹 | The exclamation point | 31 March 2018

‘I make an effort never to exaggerate with an exclamation mark’
Of all the punctuation marks, it’s the one I like the least. It suggests a commander’s staff, a pretentious obelisk, a phallic display, says Elena Ferrante
唯一真实的姓名| The only true name | 7 April 2018

Ever since adolescence, I’ve liked the term ‘unknown’ artist
I can devote myself to the pure result of a creative gesture, without worrying about a big or small name
男性的性爱叙事| The male story of sex | 14 April 2018

‘Even today, we fold and adapt to the male story of sex’
战栗 | Trembling | 21 April 2018

‘God didn’t make a good impression on my teenage self’
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女性朋友与熟人 | Women friends and acquaintances | 28 April 2018

‘A woman friend is as rare as a true love’
Maybe we should acknowledge that a bad friend, an unreliable friend, isn’t a friend
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挖掘 | Digging | 5 May 2018

‘I insist on writing things I think I would never put in writing’
必要的写作 | Writing that urges | 12 May 2018

‘If you feel the urge to write, there’s no good reason to put it off’
瘾 | Addictions | 19 May 2018

‘Writing while smoking was a deceptive pleasure’
失眠 | Insomnia | 26 May 2018

‘At 30, I began taking sleeping pills, but slept only four hours a night’
习得的乐趣 | The pleasure of learning | 2 June 2018

my primary school years were full of wonder
痛苦 | Discontent | 9 June 2018

‘What held me back from having therapy?’
成败得失 | Winners and losers | 16 June 2018

‘It is time to eliminate the concepts of winning, losing and failing’
恶劣的心情 | Bad feelings | 22 June 2018

Elena Ferrante: Matteo Salvini seems persuasive – until he bangs his racist fists
省略 | Ellipses | 30 June 2018

‘Even when dialogue imposes an ellipsis, I avoid it’
I stopped using ellipses when I became convinced that no discourse should ever be suspended
人设 | Works of art | 7 July 2018

‘Daniel Day-Lewis is not a man, but a work of art’
信息的洪流| The deluge of news | 14 July 2018

‘I used to devour news. Now, the uninterrupted rain of it feels like chaos’
文学创新 | Literary novelty | 21 July 2018

I don’t have much faith in those who say, ‘Here is a truly new book’
谎言 | Lies | 28 July 2018

‘I love children who lie for no reason. After all, I used to be one’
坦白 | Confessing | 4 August 2018

‘If we want to be honest, we have to confess our bad feelings’
一刀两断 | Clean breaks | 18 August 2018

‘I love upheaval. As a child, I would rush out into a storm’
母亲 | Mothers | 25 August 2018

‘One morning I looked at myself in the mirror and recognised my mother’
For a long time, I felt that to stop loving her was the only way I had to love myself
在电影院 | At the movies | 1 September 2018

‘Solaris is not Tarkovsky’s best film, but it made the greatest impression on me’
Solaris is astonishing because the book that inspired it doesn’t seem to contain Tarkovsky’s film
幸福的童年 | Happy childhoods | 8 September 2018

‘Beauty triumphs in childhood photos, along with charm, joy, happy laughter’
采访 | Interviews | 15 September 2018

‘I have never given an interview, but journalists have helped me make sense of my life’
永远相爱 | Love forever | 22 September 2018

‘Is there a formula for a lasting relationship?’
无缘无故 | No reason | 29 September 2018

‘People who are enemies for no reason fascinate me’
创作自由 | Creative freedom | 6 October 2018

‘Maggie Gyllenhaal is filming one of my books. It’s her story to tell now’
植物| Plants | 13 October 2018

‘I devote myself to plants. Is it because I am afraid of them?’
告别 | Leave-taking | 20 October 2018

why am I always the last to leave a party?
写作的女人 | Women who write | 27 October 2018

This is a great time for writing by women – so why are we still considered second-rate?
刻板印象 | Stereotyped | 3 November 2018

beauty and the beast, hero and traitor – stereotypes help stories flow
书和电影 | The book and the film | 10 November 2018

Elena Ferrante on the screen adaptation of her book: ‘I want to say, let’s give it up’
英年早逝 | Dying young | 17 November 2018

when a friend died at 38, I thought that would be my allotted time, too
忌妒| Jealousy | 24 November 2018

‘I don’t believe people who swear they’re not the jealous type’
天赋远远不够 | Not enough | 1 December 2018

‘Are great artists born or made? Both – but they must also get lucky’
女版名著 | The female version | 8 December 2018
I like to rewrite stories – swapping men for women. It doesn’t always work
诗歌与小说 | Poetry and prose | 15 December 2018

‘If people still told their stories in verse, I would be too embarrassed to write’
这就是我 | This is me | 22 December 2018

‘I hate having my photo taken’
阴暗的天空 | Black skies | 29 December 2018

Elena Ferrante on climate change: ‘I’ve become obsessive. Black skies terrify me’
I never worried about the weather – until now
小说的教诲 | Stories that instruct | 5 January 2019

A writer’s talent is like a fishing net, catching daily experiences that can educate
最后一次 | The last time | 12 January 2019

this is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me

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