The Story of the Lost Child
$45.89
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2015
Summary
“Nothing quite like this has ever been published before,” proclaimed The Guardian about the Neapolitan novels in 2014. Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, Elena Ferrante tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women with unmatched honesty and brilliance.The Story of the Lost Child is the concluding volume in the dazzling saga of two women- the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Bo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781609452865 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1609452860 |
| Author: | Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein |
| Publisher: | Europa Editions |
| Imprint: | Europa Editions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Neapolitan Quartet |
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Critics Review
“Elena Ferrante’s novels have a driving and unconventional narrative power that has gripped readers across a wide cultural range…the last of the quartet The Story of the Lost Child, which has just been longlisted for the Man Booker International prize, is the best.”
* Margaret Drabble, The Guardian *“This final book in Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet brings a phenomenal literary enterprise to an arresting conclusion.”
* The Sunday Times *“A tribute to feminism and female friendship in mid-20th-century Naples.”
* The Economist *“The final installation of her Neapolitan quartet, was every bit as sinister and compelling as its predecessors, a vivid and haunting portrait of female friendship that confirms Ferrante as one of the masters of her craft.”
* Alex Preston, The Guardian *“The first work worthy of the Nobel prize to have come out of Italy for many decades.”
* The Observer *About The Author
Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008), and the four novels known as 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) which were published by Europa Editions between 2012 and 2015. My Brilliant Friend, the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in 2018. Ferrante is also the author of Frantumaglia: A Writer’s Journey (Europa, 2016), a children’s picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night (Europa, 2016), and a collection of personal essays illustrated by Andrea Ucini entitled Incidental Inventions (Europa, 2019). The Lost Daughter was made into a feature film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman. Her most recent novel is The Lying Life of Adults (Europa, 2020). In the Margins, a collection of original essays on reading and writing, was published by Europa in 2022. Ann Goldstein is one of the most accomplished translators from the Italian working today. Best known for her translations of Elena Ferrante’s oeuvre, she has also translated novels by Primo Levi, Pierpaolo Pasolini, Alessandro Baricco and other classic and contemporary Italian writers.
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