While enrolled, we were contractually bound to speak and read only French, and we consumed exclusively French media. The summer before my senior year of high school, I spent three weeks at a French immersion sleepaway camp. In the Margins, a collection of original essays on reading and writing, was published by Europa in 2022. Ferrante’s most recent novel is the instant New York Times bestseller, The Lying Life of Adults (Europa, 2020). My Brilliant Friend, the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in 2018 and is in its third season.

The four volumes known as the “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) were published by Europa Editions in English between 20. She is also the author of Incidental Inventions (Europa, 2019), illustrated by Andrea Ucini Frantumaglia: A Writer’s Journey (Europa, 2016) and a children’s picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night (Europa, 2016). “Nothing quite like this has ever been published before.” -The Guardian “One of the best books of this or any other year.” -The Independent “Nothing you read about Elena Ferrante’s work prepares you for the ferocity of it.' -Amy Rowland, The New York Times “My Brilliant Friend is a large, captivating, amiably peopled bildungsroman.” -James Wood, The New Yorker “Everyone should read anything with Ferrante’s name on it.” -The Boston Globe 'The real world can drop away when you’re reading her.” -Entertainment Weekly “Some of the richest, loveliest prose I’ve read in many years.” -Seth Maxon, “Her prose is crystal, and her storytelling both visceral and compelling.” -The Economist ' is one of the most talented writers working today.” -William O’Connor, The Daily Beast “Ferrante’s sentences have an incantatory power.' -Pasha Malla, Slate Book Review 'Utterly brilliant.' -James Daunt, Waterstones 'A satisfying and devastating culmination to a series that has grabbed readers’ hearts.' -BuzzfeedĮlena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), and The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008), now a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, and Jessie Buckley.

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