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Story of the Lost Child

Story of the Lost Child

Author(s): Elena Ferrante

Location(s): Naples

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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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. But, throughout it all, their friendship remains the gravitational centre of their lives. The unmissable finale to a great literary achievement.

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This is the fourth and last novel in the Neapolitan series written by Elena Ferrante and translated by Ann Goldstein. Friendship is put under the microscope, the writing is superb and Naples as a...

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