Mihir S Sharma: Elena Ferrante, Lionel Shriver, and 'identity'

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Does an author have the right to their own identity? The answer seems obvious: Yes, of course they do, just like anyone else. But, actually, it's not that easy to answer. After all, there's an evolving consensus that authors don't have the right to determine how their books are read. Once a book is written, its interpretation is the property not of the author but of its readers, collectively. It's also true that books are increasingly read through the prism of who their author is. As the writer of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver pointed out in a ...

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Mihir S Sharma: Elena Ferrante, Lionel Shriver, and 'identity'