Elena Ferrante

«Dois anos antes de sair de casa, o meu pai disse à minha mãe que eu era muito feia» é a frase inicial deste romance.A revelação é feita por Giovanna, que ao olhar paterno se transformara de criança encantadora em adolescente imprevisível, que parecia tornar-se cada dia mais parecida com a desprezada tia Vittoria.A frase ouvida sem que os pais o soubessem vai levar Giovanna a procurar conhecer a tia, cujas fotografias foram apagadas dos álbuns de família e é evitada em todas as conversas.Para saber se estará realmente a tornar-se semelhante à tia, vai visitar a zona empobrecida de Nápoles, a conhecer uma versão diferente dos seus pais, provocando sem o saber a desagregação da sua família intelectual, compreensiva e perfeita na aparência.Confirmando a sua mestria narrativa e o profundo conhecimento do que se passa na cabeça das adolescentes, Ferrante constrói um enredo surpreendente, ligando uma história de iniciação aos episódios de uma pulseira que passa de mão em mão.Giovanna move-se entre duas famílias e duas zonas da cidade em busca dela própria, na passagem da adolescência para a idade adulta.

Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante's four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women.

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, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, the acclaimed author of The Days of Abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.

In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom readers first met in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her abusive husband and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which have opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons. Both women have pushed against the walls of a prison that would have seen them living a life of misery, ignorance, and submission. They are afloat on the great sea of opportunities that opened up during the nineteen-seventies. Yet they are still very much bound to each other by a strong, unbreakable bond.

"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.

Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation. But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family.

A national bestseller for almost an entire year, The Days of Abandonment shocked and captivated its Italian public when first published. It is the gripping story of a woman's descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband with two young children to care for. When she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal.

Set in Naples, Italy, this debut novel by New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante (My Brilliant Friend, The Days of Abandonment) tells a story about mothers and daughters and the complicated knot of lies, emotions, and shared history than binds them.Following her mother's untimely and mysterious death, Delia embarks on a voyage of discovery through the chaotic, suffocating streets of her native Naples in search of the truth about her family. A series of mysterious telephone calls leads her to compelling and disturbing revelations about her mother's final days.As the New York Times wrote about this novel, "the raging, torrential voice of the author is something rare." Troubling Love is indeed a rare look into the abiding preoccupations and obsessions that bring millions of readers all over the world to her fiction.

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 sixty-year friendship between the brilliant and bookish Elena and the fiery, rebellious Lila with unmatched honesty and brilliance.

Four new and revelatory essays by the author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost DaughterIn 2020, Claire Luchette in O, The Oprah Magazine described the beloved Italian novelist Elena Ferrante as “an oracle among authors.” Here, in these four crisp essays, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers. She writes about her influences, her struggles, and her formation as both a reader and a writer; she describes the perils of “bad language” and suggests ways in which it has long excluded women’s truth; she proposes a choral fusion of feminine talent as she brilliantly discourses on the work of Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Ingeborg Bachmann, and many others.Here is a subtle yet candid book by “one of the great novelists of our time” about adventures in literature, both in and out of the margins.

“This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me.”With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian. For a full year she penned short pieces, the subjects of which were suggested by editors at the Guardian, turning the writing process into a kind of prolonged interlocution; the subjects ranged from first love to climate change, from enmity among women to the adaptation of her novels to film and TV. As she said in her final column: “I have written as an author of novels, taking on matters that are important to me and that—if I have the will and the time—I’d like to develop within real narrative mechanisms.”Here, then, are the seeds of possible future novels, the ruminations of an internationally beloved author, and the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called “one of the great novelists of our time” (the New York Times). Gathered together for the first time in a beautiful gift edition and accompanied by an entirely new introduction written by Elena Ferrante and Andrea Ucini’s intelligent, witty, and beautiful illustrations, this is a must for all Ferrante fans.

Questo libro ci porta nel laboratorio di Elena Ferrante, ci permette di lanciare uno sguardo dentro i cassetti da cui sono usciti i suoi due romanzi, L'amore molesto e I giorni dell'abbandono, offre un esempio di passione assoluta per la scrittura. La scrittrice risponde a non poche delle domande che le hanno fatto i suoi lettori negli ultimi dieci anni. Dice, per esempio, perché chi scrive un libro farebbe bene a tenersi in disparte e lasciare che il testo faccia il suo corso. Dice i pensieri e le ansie di quando un romanzo diventa film. Dice com'è complicato trovare risposte in pillole alle domande di un'intervista. Dice delle gioie, delle fatiche, delle angosce di chi narra una storia e poi la scopre insufficiente. Dice dei suoi rapporti con la psicoanalisi, con le città in cui è vissuta, con l'infanzia come magazzino di mille suggestioni e fantasie, con il femminismo. Le pagine sono densissime. Ci sono le memorie della città natale, Napoli. Ci sono brani narrativi brevi e lunghi che non hanno trovato posto nei romanzi. C'è un modo sorprendente di interrogare la memoria, i libri amati, la vita di tutti i giorni. C'è soprattutto - al centro - lo scrivere, l'affollarsi intono alla pagina di esperienze e letture. La frantumaglia è nato in buona parte da alcuni dei materiali che negli anni Elena Ferrante ha inviato alla sua casa editrice: lettere, scritti, risposte a domande di lettori e intervistatori. Il risultato è l'autoritratto narrativamente vivacissimo di una scrittrice al lavoro.

Elena Ferrante returns to a story that animated the novel she considers to be a turning point in her development as a a writer: "The Lost Daughter." But this time the tale takes the form of a children's fable told from the point of view of the lost (stolen!) doll, Celina. Celina is having a terrible night, one full of jealousy for the new kitten, Minu, feelings of abandonment and sadness, misadventures at the hands of the beach attendant, and dark dreams. But she will be happily found by Mati, her child, once the sun rises. Accompanied by the oneiric illustrations of Mara Cerri, "The Beach at Night" is a story for all of Ferrante's many ardent fans."

«Ferrante disse que gosta de escrever histórias “em que a escrita é clara, honesta, e em que os factos — os factos da vida normal — prendem extraordinariamente o leitor”. Com efeito, a sua prosa possui uma clareza despojada, e é muitas vezes aforística e contida (…). Mas o que os seus primeiros romances têm de electrizante é que, ao acompanhar complacentemente as situações desesperadas das suas personagens, a própria escrita de Ferrante não conhece limites, está ansiosa por levar cada pensamento para diante, até à sua mais radical conclusão, e para trás, até à sua mais radical origem. Isto é sobretudo óbvio na forma destemida como os seus narradores femininos pensam sobre filhos e sobre maternidade.» Do Prefácio de James Wood

"Delia's Elevator" is short story translated by Adria Frizzi from "After the War: A Collection of Short Fiction by Postwar Italian Women" edited by Martha King (new York: Italica Press, 2004). It was originally published in "L’amore molesto" by Elena Ferrante (Milan: e/o editori, 1992).

Please Note The individual books included in this listing will be dispatched as per the original UK ISBN and UK edition cover image shown—are included in the Neapolitan Novels Series 4 Books Collection Set By Elena 📚 Books in This My Brilliant The Story of a New Name Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Story of the Lost Child My Friend modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante's inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The Story of a New The second book in Ferrante's lauded Neapolitan novels. Elena and Lila are now in their twenties. While marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, 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. Those Who Leave and Those Who In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila have become women. Both have attempted pushing against the walls of a prison that would have seen them living a life of misery, ignorance and submission. They are afloat on the great sea of opportunities that opened up during the1970s. Yet they are still very much bound to each other by a strong, unbreakable bond. From the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante. Story of the Lost The The fourth and final book of the internationally renowned and bestselling Neapolitan novels One of the major publishing events of 2015, this dazzling saga of two women - the brilliant Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila - firmly establishes the Neapolitan Quartet as perhaps the most significant work to date of the 21st century. Life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses suffered.

Leda is a teacher, long divorced, completely devoted to her daughters and her work. But the two girls leave to join their father in Canada. One would expect sadness, a period of melancholy. Instead, the woman, somewhat embarrassed, feels liberated, and life becomes lighter. She decides to take a seaside vacation in a small southern town. However, after a few quiet, reflective days, an encounter with some unsettling members of a family triggers a series of alarming events. Page after page, the story of a pleasant self-recovery unravels, and Leda commits a small, obscure act—meaningless even to herself—that drags her into the dark depths of her experience as a mother.

Formidable voyage dans l’Italie du boom économique, L’amie prodigieuse est le portrait de deux héroïnes inoubliables qu’Elena Ferrante traque avec passion et tendresse.Elena et Lila vivent dans un quartier pauvre de Naples à la fin des années cinquante. Bien qu’elles soient douées pour les études, ce n’est pas la voie qui leur est promise. Lila abandonne l’école pour travailler dans l’échoppe de cordonnier de son père. Elena, soutenue par son institutrice, ira au collège puis au lycée. Les chemins des deux amies se croisent et s’éloignent, avec pour toile de fond une Naples sombre, en ébullition.

Here is a prose collection from the independent literary journal Epiphany, collecting highlights from the last 20 years of print issues. With delightfully intense reading from all sorts of wonderful writers (such as National Book Award nominee Domingo Martinez and internationally-renowned author Elena Ferrante), this stunning collection of work from the best editors and writers of our time will surprise and delight you all the way through to the last page. So much good reading, it’s mandatory!

Das Eva Mattes und Elena Ferrante.Hörbuchpreisträgerin Eva Mattes, "eine Meisterin des Vorlesens", interpretiert das Frühwerk der Bestsellerautorin Elena Ferrante ("Die Neapolitanische Saga"). 15 Jahre lang hat Olga die eigenen Wünsche zugunsten ihres Mannes und der Kinder hintangestellt. Dann zerbricht ihre Ehe. Wortgewaltig schildert Elena Ferrante, wie Olga ihr Leben mehr und mehr entgleitet, sie sich in Wahnvorstellungen hineinsteigert und dabei beinahe den Bezug zur Realität verliert. Aber auch, wie Olga in sich eine ungeahnte Kraft entdeckt.

10 AÑOS DE LA SAGA LA AMIGA ESTUPENDALos cuatro tomos de esta saga memorable reunidos en un único volumen, con apéndice con declaraciones de la autora«Una contadora de historias nata, extraordinaria y adictiva.»Milena BusquetsLila y Lenù son amigas. En el barrio de Nápoles donde crecen, y con la turbulenta historia de mediados del siglo pasado como telón de fondo, aprenden juntas a gobernar su vida en un entorno donde la astucia, antes que la inteligencia, es el ingrediente de todas las salsas. El paso de los años las acercará y las separará, enfrentándolas a las ambivalencias de la amistad y la rivalidad femenina, la maternidad, la clase social y el amor.Considerada por The New York Times como la mejor novela del siglo XXI, esta historia convulsa protagonizó uno de los acontecimientos literarios más importantes de los últimos años. Al cumplirse diez años de la publicación de la saga compuesta por La amiga estupenda, Un mal nombre, Las deudas del cuerpo y La niña perdida, esta edición especial ofrece la saga en un solo volumen como una única obra de ficción, tal como la enigmática autora la pensó y como explica, para maravilla de sus millones de lectores y aspirantes a escritores, en el apéndice incluido al final del libro.La crítica ha «Quiero tanto a Lenù... Lloré leyéndola».Jonathan Franzen«Lo maravilloso del enigma Ferrante es que podemos concentrarnos solo en sus obras».Roberto Saviano«Las novelas de Elena Ferrante me han tenido atado al sillón, leyendo y celebrando unas páginas donde la emoción nunca es el dolor y la alegría de sentirse vivos están ahí para que el lector los haga suyos y todo lo que se dice es necesario, sin que sobre ni falte un solo adjetivo».Juan Marsé«Leí la saga de Las dos amigas cuando salieron y recuerdo esperar a que se tradujeran al inglés el tercero y el cuarto y correr a la librería a comprarlos en cuanto estuvieron».Maggie Gyllenhaal«Todo el mundo debería leer cualquier cosa que lleve la firma de Elena Ferrante».The Boston Globe«La primera obra italiana en décadas que se merece el Premio Nobel».The Guardian«Como Ana Karenina, Lila y Elena son volátiles, están llenas de deseo e ira. En vez de erradicarlas, Ferrante las desarrolla en todo su caos y dolor».Los Angeles Times«Ferrante es un fenómeno literario. Le han rendido pleitesía Zadie Smith, Juan Marsé o Ken Follet, entre otros».Núria Escur, La Vanguardia«Soy fan de sus novelas, que abordan con todo lujo de detalles la amistad tal y como la entendemos las mujeres».Zadie Smith

In honor of the release of the concluding installment in the Neapolitan Novels, John Waters, Amy Ryan, Sonali Deraniyagala, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Thurman, and Parul Sehgal celebrate the author with readings and discussion. Hosted by Amanda Stern.

Dvě ženy, které se poprvé setkaly v první třídě obecné školy a přes absolutní opačnost svých povah se spřátelily a přátelství jim vydrželo celý život. Hodná a učenlivá Elena a vzpurná a divoká Lily, dvě nerozlučné přítelkyně v Neapoli 50. let, kdy je pro dívky jedinou jistotou nemít právo na vzdělání, lásku nebo soucit. Jistotou je i bití a nekonečné půtky, které někdy končí smrtí. Pokud máte přítelkyni, můžete to přežít. Příběh Lily a Elen budete chtít poslouchat bez přestávky s napětím a očekáváním dalšího dílu.

Elena opustila manžela, aby žila s Ninem Sarratorem, kterého si oblíbily i její dvě dcery. Z bouřlivého vztahu se zrodí dcera Immacolata a ve stejné době porodí Lila Enzovi dceru Nunzii. Děvčátka vyrůstají skoro jako sestry a z rodiny Eleny i Lily se stane jeden velký a impulzivní klan. Jenže štěstí se pomalu zakaluje, aby vyvrcholilo tragickou událostí v životě Lily, která znovu vystaví přátelství obou kamarádek těžké zkoušce. Itálie se proměňuje, stejně tak i Neapol a život obou hrdinek se chýlí ke konci. A na konci přichází i zúčtování.

V třetím pokračování příběhu Eleny Grecové a Lily Cerrullové sledujeme, jak se z dospívajících dívek staly mladé ženy a vypadá to, že se jejich cesty definitivně rozcházejí. Elena se stěhuje s manželem do Florencie, kde chce budovat spisovatelskou kariéru. Dokáže dát svému životu náboj a směr, aniž by jí Lila byla na blízku? Ta totiž zůstává v bídě neapolského předměstí. Lze přátelství udržovat jen „po telefonu“, nebo je lepší pouto utnout? A co s dívčím přátelstvím udělá, když do něj vstoupí Nino Sarratore, od dětství tajná láska Eleny, ale také milenec a příčina krachu prvního manželství Lily?Ferrante zde opět podává strhující sílu výpovědi o těch nejzákladnějších citových poutech a v tom je nepřekonatelná.