Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Reeks: Neapolitan Novels

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  • Part
  • of
  • the
  • bestselling
  • saga
  • about
  • childhood
  • friends
  • following
  • different
  • paths
  • by
  • “one
  • of
  • the
  • great
  • novelists
  • of
  • our
  • time”
  • (The
  • New
  • York
  • Times).In
  • the
  • third
  • book
  • in
  • the
  • New
  • York
  • Times–bestselling
  • Neapolitan
  • quartet
  • that
  • inspired
  • the
  • HBO
  • series
  • My
  • Brilliant
  • Friend,
  • Elena
  • and
  • Lila
  • have
  • grown
  • into
  • womanhood.
  • Lila
  • married
  • at
  • sixteen
  • and
  • has
  • a
  • young
  • son;
  • she
  • has
  • left
  • her
  • husband
  • and
  • the
  • comforts
  • her
  • marriage
  • brought
  • and
  • now
  • works
  • as
  • a
  • common
  • laborer.
  • Elena
  • has
  • left
  • the
  • neighborhood,
  • earned
  • her
  • college
  • degree,
  • and
  • published
  • a
  • successful
  • novel,
  • all
  • of
  • which
  • has
  • opened
  • the
  • doors
  • to
  • a
  • world
  • of
  • learned
  • interlocutors
  • and
  • richly
  • furnished
  • salons.
  • Both
  • women
  • are
  • pushing
  • against
  • the
  • walls
  • of
  • a
  • prison
  • that
  • would
  • have
  • seen
  • them
  • living
  • a
  • life
  • of
  • misery,
  • ignorance,
  • and
  • submission.
  • They
  • are
  • afloat
  • on
  • the
  • great
  • sea
  • of
  • opportunities
  • that
  • opened
  • up
  • for
  • women
  • during
  • the
  • 1970s.
  • And
  • yet,
  • they
  • are
  • still
  • very
  • much
  • bound
  • to
  • each
  • other
  • in
  • a
  • book
  • that
  • “shows
  • off
  • Ferrante’s
  • strong
  • storytelling
  • ability
  • and
  • will
  • leave
  • readers
  • eager
  • for
  • the
  • final
  • volume
  • of
  • the
  • series”
  • (Library
  • Journal).“One
  • of
  • modern
  • fiction’s
  • richest
  • portraits
  • of
  • a
  • friendship.” —NPR
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