- choice, conduct of life, dreams, female friendship
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.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Elena Ferrante
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 484
- Publisher
- GALLIMARD, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Text Publishing Company
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- Spanish, French, Italian, German
- ISBN
- 9781483080574
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Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of Neapolitan Novels are her most widely known works.
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