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> [It's really the story of a young woman, or two women, growing up in Naples in a poor neighborhood. The way that they get out of it - or don't get out of it - that's part of it. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/it-s-really-the-story-of-a-young-woman-or-two-women-growing-up-in/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

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> [The Neapolitan novels have a lot of references to things outside, to things of the world, to culture, politics, the city of Naples. People have mentioned that Naples is like a character in the novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/the-neapolitan-novels-have-a-lot-of-references-to-things-outside-to/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

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## More by Ann Goldstein

> [I think that if you are sticking to the text, essentially, you're not trying to write your own version of it. I mean, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-think-that-if-you-are-sticking-to-the-text-essentially-you-re-not/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [Trying to take a feeling from one language, and express it in another is naturally that's my goal. You can't possibly achieve that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/trying-to-take-a-feeling-from-one-language-and-express-it-in-another/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [I think it's important to be accurate on the level of the word, but it's also important to be accurate at the level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-think-it-s-important-to-be-accurate-on-the-level-of-the-word-but-it/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [I think that being an editor, someone who works with words, is very good training for being a translator because it trains you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-think-that-being-an-editor-someone-who-works-with-words-is-very/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [Primo Levi's - I mean, he's a very different kind of writer. He's a much more formal writer. He's a much more -almost detached.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/primo-levi-s-i-mean-he-s-a-very-different-kind-of-writer-he-s-a-much/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [I don't have a philosophy. If I had a philosophy, it's that I'm kind of literal minded. For example, I would never translate poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-don-t-have-a-philosophy-if-i-had-a-philosophy-it-s-that-i-m-kind-of/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [The truth is, just to hear other people speaking Italian is really worth it. It keeps the sound in your ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/the-truth-is-just-to-hear-other-people-speaking-italian-is-really/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-have-very-strict-rules-in-my-head-that-seem-to-me-to-be-the-way/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [One naturally identifies to some extent with an "I" female narrator going through something that you recognize whether you've gone through it or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/one-naturally-identifies-to-some-extent-with-an-i-female-narrator/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [That's a huge subject - a writer refusing to do publicity but writing about publicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/that-s-a-huge-subject-a-writer-refusing-to-do-publicity-but-writing/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [It's really the story of a young woman, or two women, growing up in Naples in a poor neighborhood. The way that they get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/it-s-really-the-story-of-a-young-woman-or-two-women-growing-up-in/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [I like to think of the individual words, then you put the word in the sentence, then you have to think about what that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-like-to-think-of-the-individual-words-then-you-put-the-word-in-the/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [The Neapolitan novels have a lot of references to things outside, to things of the world, to culture, politics, the city of Naples. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/the-neapolitan-novels-have-a-lot-of-references-to-things-outside-to/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [I think that physical actions are always hard to describe, to translate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-think-that-physical-actions-are-always-hard-to-describe-to-translate/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

> [I always hesitate to say that something is lifelike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-goldstein/i-always-hesitate-to-say-that-something-is-lifelike/)

[Ann Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-goldstein/)

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