The Story of a New Name

Book Two, The Neapolitan Novels: Youth

Tapa blanda, 471 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 2016 por Europa Editions.

ISBN:
978-1-60945-134-9
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Número OCLC:
982112000

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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, …

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La violencia de la primera parte del libro me dejaba asqueada, escocida, no quería, pero quería seguir leyendo. Y después, un perderme en las sensaciones de no ser suficiente de Elena, Lenú, Lennuccia. No ser suficiente, ser una impostora y necesitar constantemente la aprobación externa. Relaciones que te hacen crecer a través del sufrimiento.