The Story of a New Name

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Following 'My Brilliant Friend', this title features the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

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"Ferrante's writing has no limits, is willing to take every thought forward to its most radical conclusion and backward to its most radical birthing."
-- James Wood, The New Yorker

"Everyone should read anything with [Elena Ferrante's] name on it."
-- The Boston Globe

Author Bio

Elena Ferrante, ' is one of Italy's best-known least-known contemporary writers.