Author(s): Ferrante, Elena
The quartet traces the friendship between Elena and Lila, from their childhood in a poor neighbourhood in Naples, to their thirties, when both women are mothers but each has chosen a different path. Their lives are still inextricably linked, for better or worse, especially when it comes to the drama of a lost child.
Winner, Reader's Choice Award, International Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2016
Shortlisted, Man Booker International Prize, 2016
A New York Times Notable Book, 2015
About the author:
Elena Ferrante was born in Naples. She is the author of seven novels- The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, The Lost Daughter, the quartet of Neapolitan novels- My Brilliant Friend,The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child, as well as Frantumaglia, a selection of interviews, letters and occasional writings. She is one of Italy's most acclaimed authors.
Ann Goldstein has translated all of Elena Ferrante's work. She is an editor at the New Yorker and
a recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Prize.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781925355390
Audience: General/trade
Language: English
Number of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 20161031
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Product Form: Paperback / softback
Dimensions (LxWxH): 198 mm132 mm37 mm
Weight: 436 gr