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The story of a new name / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
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- ISBN: 9781609451349 (paperback) :
- Physical Description: 471 pages ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Europa Editions, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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| General Note: | "Youth." Originally published: 2013. Translation of: Storia del nuovo cognome. |
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| Subject: | Female friendship > Italy > Fiction. Self-realization in women > Fiction. Naples (Italy) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery stories. Mystery fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Ferra | 31681010320026 | FICTIONPBK | Checked out | 06/26/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
Lila is imprisoned by marriage, while Elena continues her journey of self-discovery, until their friendship, which is at the center of their emotional lives, forces them both to mature into women. - Baker & Taylor
In this follow-up toMy Brilliant Friend , Lila is imprisoned by marriage, while Elena continues her journey of self-discovery, until their friendship, which is at the center of their emotional lives, forces them both to mature into women. Original. - Penguin Putnam
Now an HBO series, the follow-up to My Brilliant Friend in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends growing up in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted family epic by Italyâs most beloved and acclaimed writer, Elena Ferrante, âone of the great novelists of our time.â (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times)
In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her enterée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood 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 life's challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, the acclaimed author of The Days of Abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.
Ferrante is one of the worldâs great storytellers. With the Neapolitan quartet she has given her readers an abundant, generous, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come. - Perseus Publishing
A novel in the bestselling quartet about two very different women and their complex friendship: âEveryone should read anything with Ferranteâs name on itâ (The Boston Globe).
The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Timesâbestselling 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 lifeâs challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, âone of the great novelists of our timeâ (The New York Times), gives us a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging, a meditation on love and jealousy, freedom and commitmentâat once a masterfully plotted page-turner and an intense, generous-hearted family saga.
âImagine if Jane Austen got angry and youâll have some idea of how explosive these works are.ââThe Australian
âBrilliant . . . captivating and insightful . . . the richness of her storytelling is likely to please fans of Sara Gruen and Silvia Avallone.ââBooklist (starred review)
