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PublisherEuropa Editions, Incorporated
ISBN-101609452860
ISBN-139781609452865
eBay Product ID (ePID)211327323
Product Key Features
Book TitleStory of the Lost Child
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicContemporary Women, Sagas
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorElena Ferrante
Book SeriesNeapolitan Novels Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-299049
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsListed as one of Publisher Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2015" "One of modern fiction's richest portraits of a friendship." -- John Powers, Fresh Air, NPR "The Neapolitan Novels tell a single story with the possessive force of an origin myth." -- Megan O'Grady, Vogue "Elena Ferrante is one of the great novelists of our time... This is a new version of the way we live now - one we need, one told brilliantly, by a woman." -- Roxana Robinson, The New York Times Book Review "This stunning conclusion further solidifies the Neapolitan novels as Ferrante's masterpiece." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Ferrante has created a mythic portrait of a female friendship in the chthonian world of postwar Naples." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Word of mouth launched this series, glowing reviews helped, and, eventually, a publishing phenomenon was born. The series' conclusion is a genuine literary event." -- Booklist (starred review) "In the fourth and final of the reclusive global publishing sensation's Neapolitan novels, we return to Naples and to the tumultuous friendship of Lila Cerullo and Elena Greco." -- The Millions
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number4
Dewey Decimal853.92
SynopsisNow an HBO series, book four in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted epic by one of today's most beloved and acclaimed writers, Elena Ferrante, "one of the great novelists of our time." (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times ) Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery uncontainable Lila. In this book, life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship, examined in its every detail over the course of four books, remains the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. But now, she has returned to Naples to be with the man she has always loved. Lila, on the other hand, never succeeded in freeing herself from Naples. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect her neighborhood. Yet somehow this proximity to a world she has always rejected only brings her role as unacknowledged leader of that world into relief. Ferrante is one of the world's great storytellers. With the Neapolitan quartet she has given her readers an abundant, generous, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come., A BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - NEW YORK TIMES The "stunning conclusion" to the bestselling saga of the fierce lifelong bond between two women, from a gritty Naples childhood through old age (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The Story of the Lost Child concludes the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila, who first met amid the shambles of postwar Italy. In this book, life's great discoveries have been made; its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship remains the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. But now, she has returned to Naples to be with the man she has always loved. Lila, on the other hand, never succeeded in freeing herself from Naples. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect her neighborhood. Yet, somehow, this proximity to a world she has always rejected only brings her role as unacknowledged leader of that world into relief. "Lila is a magnificent character."--The Atlantic "Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it." --The Boston Globe, "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. Both are now adults, with husbands, lovers, aging parents, and children. Their friendship has been the gravitational center of their lives. Both women fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up-a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. In this final novel she has returned to Naples, drawn back as if responding to the city's obscure magnetism. Lila, on the other hand, could never free herself from the city of her birth. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect the neighborhood. Proximity to the world she has always rejected only brings her role as its unacknowledged leader into relief. For Lila is unstoppable, unmanageable, unforgettable. The four volumes in this series constitute a long remarkable story that readers will return to again and again, and each return will bring with it new revelations., A BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - NEW YORK TIMES The "stunning conclusion" to the bestselling saga of the fierce lifelong bond between two women, from a gritty Naples childhood through old age ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). The Story of the Lost Child concludes the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila, who first met amid the shambles of postwar Italy. In this book, life's great discoveries have been made; its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship remains the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. But now, she has returned to Naples to be with the man she has always loved. Lila, on the other hand, never succeeded in freeing herself from Naples. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect her neighborhood. Yet, somehow, this proximity to a world she has always rejected only brings her role as unacknowledged leader of that world into relief. "Lila is a magnificent character."-- The Atlantic "Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it." -- The Boston Globe
LC Classification NumberPQ4866.E6345
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- 15. Aug. 2019
Good read. Engaging.
It was a compelling read regarding a lifetime of friendship - sort of an Italian Soap Opera in print. Reinforces the idea of making good choices. One is drawn into the history of one area spanning decades - we are put into their "shoes," so to speak.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 23. Jan. 2019
You won't be able to put it down.
Beautifully written. Book 4 of 4. Can't put it down. The entire series by Elena Ferrante is fantastic reading.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Mär. 2017
Great 4 book series
Great author to introduce to 16 year old grand daughter.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 25. Aug. 2021
Problematic But Enduring Friendship of Two Napolitan Girls
Compelling down to earth story of two life-long girlfriends set in Naples, ItalyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 03. Mai. 2024
Item as expected, thank you!
Item as expected, thank you!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 15. Mai. 2019
Lost child
Love itBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 05. Mai. 2021
Great
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