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The Days of Abandonment

Ferrante, Elena
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literary fiction contemporary fiction past tense first POV ~238 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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claustrophobic psychological melancholic

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 95
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count59,398
Page count~238 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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