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The Story of a New Name

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Paperback | English

By (author): Elena Ferrante

Translated by: Ann Goldstein

OVER 14M OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDE

The Story of a New Name, the second book of the Neapolitan Quartet, picks up the story where My Brilliant Friend left off. 

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 neighbourhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. 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 is a source of strength in the face of lifes challenges. 

In the Neapolitan Quartet, Elena Ferrante gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.

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Product Details
  • Format: Paperback
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Jul 2020
  • Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781787702233

About Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa 2005) Troubling Love (Europa 2006) The Lost Daughter (Europa 2008) and the four novels known as the Neapolitan Quartet (My Brilliant Friend The Story of a New Name Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child) which were published by Europa Editions between 2012 and 2015. My Brilliant Friend the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo premiered in 2018. Ferrante is also the author of Frantumaglia: A Writers Journey (Europa 2016) a childrens picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri The Beach at Night (Europa 2016) and a collection of personal essays illustrated by Andrea Ucini entitled Incidental Inventions (Europa 2019). The Lost Daughter was made into a feature film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman. Her most recent novel is The Lying Life of Adults (Europa 2020). In the Margins a collection of original essays on reading and writing was published by Europa in 2022.  Ann Goldstein is one of the most accomplished translators from the Italian working today. Best known for her translations of Elena Ferrantes oeuvre she has also brought to Anglo-Saxon readers novels by Primo Levi Pierpaolo Pasolini Alessandro Baricco and other classic and contemporary Italian writers.

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