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The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante
As Lila finds herself entrapped in an unhappy marriage, she becomes a discordant, idiosyncratic and demanding force in their hometown, pulling Lenù into shattering conflicts and increasingly rare endearing moments as she navigates higher education and the prospects of adult love. Their friendships and personalities intensify and come at odds as the responsibilities of adulthood diverge and restrict. Early passions and dynamics serve as moments of contention. Ferrante writes about the friction youthful flames face in the transition to the bleak permanence of adulthood with such raw realism and colour that the characters' passions and desires move the page by themselves. Lila's obstinance paints her an enemy of many and Lenù's insecurity sends her up the rungs of society, this first sequel darkens the error-friendly playfulness of the debut, and branches it out of the insularity of Naples to increasing systems of class divide.