It is raw, the description of the predatory behaviour of men, especially the married men, who are never satisfied at home, who are always looking for affairs to escape the routine of their wives and their children, who they barely see. It is still disorganised, as she changes subjects and colours as she writes, but one can follow the sequence of the changes when getting used to what she is talking about.Īnna, the protagonist, writes in the yellow notebook (essays about Elle, a fictional character she comments about) of the struggles of women on relationships and motherhood.

However, it is interesting how the author changes subjects, dividing the book in notebooks, black, red, yellow and blue. It is not divided in titles or chapters, which made the reading difficult. I found this friendship to be dysfunctional, or at least to accentuate the dysfunctional personalities of both women individually, which causes great damage to them and their children. The book narrates the life of Anna Wulf, an independent writer, communist and in a certain way a feminist. These woman’s thoughts are full of contradictions between being a communist and racist, between being a feminist and a homophobic, between being a good partner to her men and a lousy mother to her daughter. It is easy to forget that it was written in the 50s, as we are still discussing the subjects of the book, which are all different, although they make part of the same woman’s life.

This novel incarnates an amazing power and a vast relevance to these days.

Book the golden notebook