The story of a new name / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

By:

Ferrante, Elena

Contributor(s):

Goldstein, Ann, 1949-

Language: English Original language: Italian Series: Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale ; bk. 2.Publisher: New York : Europa Editions, 2013Description: 471 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781609451349 (paperback)
1609451341 (paperback)

Uniform titles:

Storia del nuovo cognome. English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Fiction.

DDC classification:

853.92 23

LOC classification:

PQ4866.E6345 S7713 2013

Summary: The second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring 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. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women, paying the cruel price that this passage exacts.

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The second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring 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. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women, paying the cruel price that this passage exacts.

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