The Neapolitan Novels (Books 1 - 4) by Elena Ferrante torrent

Category: Adults, Contemporary, Literature, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: Contemporary Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction
Written by Elena Ferrante
Read by Hillary Huber
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 48 Kbps
Unabridged

Ann Goldstein (Translator)

My Brilliant Friend: The Neapolitan Novels, Book 1

A 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, who represent the story of a nation and the nature of friendship.

The Story of a New Name: The Neapolitan Novels, Book 2

The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante’s critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: The Neapolitan Novels, Book 3

In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom were first introduced in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons.

The Story of the Lost Child: The Neapolitan Novels, Book 4

Here is the dazzling saga of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults; many of life’s great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women’s friendship has remained the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up - a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos.