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| Title Statement | The story of a new name / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. |
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| Series | Neopolitan novels ;book two |
| Author | Ferrante, Elena |
| Additional Contributors | Ferrante, Elena |
| Goldstein, Ann,1949- | |
| Publication | New York: Europa Editions,[2015]©2012 |
| Extent of Item | 471 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9781609451349 (paperback) |
| Other Number | pr00947320 |
| General Notes | "Youth." Originally published: 2013. Translation of: Storia del nuovo cognome. |
| Summary | Two friends, Lila and Elena, 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. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Female friendship--Fiction--Italy |
| Self-realization in women--Fiction | |
| By Location | Naples (Italy)--Fiction |
| By Genre | Detective and mystery fiction |
