A review by ckasmerchak
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

4.0

I read this while living and working in Italy during the summer of 2022. Having read My Brilliant Friend twice and then carrying on to the next in the quartet was a difference experience once I had the geographic and cultural reference point of living in Italy. Ferrante's gift is being able to present complex human relationships and emotions in such relatable characters. Not necessarily relatable for their life's circumstances or paths but recognizable for the envy, love, anxiety, pride, shame, and loyalty they feel toward one another.