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The Story of a New Name

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Complex friendship, love, jealousy and family saga.

The Story of a New Name is a captivating and poignant novel that explores the complexities of friendship, love and jealousy. It is a masterfully plotted page-turner that is likely to appeal to fans of Sara Gruen and Silvia Avallone. Ferrante's storytelling is rich and insightful, making this book a must-read for anyone who enjoys family sagas and intense, generous-hearted novels.

  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2014)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2015)
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The Story of a New Name

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ISBN: 9781609451349
Publisher: Europa Editions
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Feminism, Italian Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.44
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In 2012, Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the Neapolitan Novels. The Story of a New Name is the second book in this series. With these books, which the New Yorker’s James Wood described as “large, captivating, amiably peopled...a beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal,” Ferrante proves herself to be one of Italy’s most accomplished storytellers. She writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of Naples from the late-1950s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and time. Yet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvelously nuanced portrait of friendship. 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. 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
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Complex friendship, love, jealousy and family saga.

The Story of a New Name is a captivating and poignant novel that explores the complexities of friendship, love and jealousy. It is a masterfully plotted page-turner that is likely to appeal to fans of Sara Gruen and Silvia Avallone. Ferrante's storytelling is rich and insightful, making this book a must-read for anyone who enjoys family sagas and intense, generous-hearted novels.

  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2014)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.