The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
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 entree 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 life's challenges.
In the Neapolitan Quartet, Elena Ferrante gives readers a poignant and universalstory about friendship and belonging.
About the Author
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, The Lost Daughter and the four volumes of 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). She is also the author of a children's picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night, and a work of non-fiction, Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey. Incidental Inventions, her collected Guardian columns, were published in 2019.
Paperback | 480 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.5 | 512g
25 Feb 2015
Text Publishing
Melbourne, Australia
1925240010
9781925240016
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor damage to the cover including minor scuff marks along the edges, and minor creasing on the edges of the back cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, and no highlighting of text. Someone has written their first name in blue pen at the top of the first page, but no other writing in margins. No missing pages.