The Story of a New Name
Reeks: Neapolitan Novels
Elena Ferrante
- A
- novel
- in
- the
- bestselling
- quartet
- about
- two
- very
- different
- women
- and
- their
- complex
- friendship:
- “Everyone
- should
- read
- anything
- with
- Ferrante’s
- name
- on
- it”
- (The
- Boston
- Globe).The
- follow-up
- to
- My
- Brilliant
- Friend,
- The
- Story
- of
- a
- New
- Name
- continues
- the
- epic
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- literary
- quartet
- that
- has
- inspired
- an
- HBO
- series,
- and
- returns
- us
- to
- the
- world
- of
- Lila
- and
- Elena,
- who
- grew
- up
- together
- in
- post-WWII
- Naples,
- Italy.In
- The
- Story
- of
- a
- New
- Name,
- Lila
- has
- recently
- married
- and
- made
- her
- entrée
- into
- the
- family
- business;
- Elena,
- meanwhile,
- continues
- her
- studies
- and
- her
- exploration
- of
- the
- world
- beyond
- the
- neighborhood
- that
- she
- so
- often
- finds
- stifling.
- Marriage
- appears
- to
- have
- imprisoned
- Lila,
- and
- the
- pressure
- to
- excel
- is
- at
- times
- too
- much
- for
- Elena.
- Yet
- the
- two
- young
- women
- share
- a
- complex
- and
- evolving
- bond
- that
- is
- central
- to
- their
- emotional
- lives
- and
- a
- source
- of
- strength
- in
- the
- face
- of
- life’s
- challenges.
- In
- these
- Neapolitan
- Novels,
- Elena
- Ferrante,
- “one
- of
- the
- great
- novelists
- of
- our
- time”
- (The
- New
- York
- Times),
- gives
- us
- a
- poignant
- and
- universal
- story
- about
- friendship
- and
- belonging,
- a
- meditation
- on
- love
- and
- jealousy,
- freedom
- and
- commitment—at
- once
- a
- masterfully
- plotted
- page-turner
- and
- an
- intense,
- generous-hearted
- family
- saga.“Imagine
- if
- Jane
- Austen
- got
- angry
- and
- you’ll
- have
- some
- idea
- of
- how
- explosive
- these
- works
- are.”
- —The
- Australian“Brilliant
- .
- .
- .
- captivating
- and
- insightful
- .
- .
- .
- the
- richness
- of
- her
- storytelling
- is
- likely
- to
- please
- fans
- of
- Sara
- Gruen
- and
- Silvia
- Avallone.”
- —Booklist
- (starred review)
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