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100 1 _aFerrante, Elena
245 1 0 _aThe story of a new name
_c/ Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
260 _aNew York
_b: Europa Editions
_c, 2013, C2012
300 _a471 p.
_c; 22 cm.
500 _aBook Two of the Neapolitan Novels
520 _aThe second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists 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. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women, paying the cruel price that this passage exacts.
546 _aTranslated from the Italian to English.
650 4 _aFemale friendship
_v--Fiction
651 4 _aNaples (Italy)
_v--Fiction
700 1 _aGoldstein, Ann, 1949-
942 _cMO
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