The Story of a New Name (The Neapolitan Novels) (58 page)

Elena Ferrante was born in Naples. She is the author of
The Days of Abandonment
, which the New York
Times
called “stunning;”
My Brilliant Friend
, which James Wood, in
The New Yorker
, described as “large, captivating, amiably peopled . . . a beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal;” and two other novels,
Troubling Love
and
The Lost Daughter
.