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ekyoder 's review for:
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante
I'm on the verge of getting all evangelical about Elena Ferrante now. I loved "My Brilliant Friend," but this, its sequel, added new layers of complexity to the central friendship, and developed supporting characters into a fully fledged universe of working class Naples. We learned about the political disagreements, the place's history, its economic functions, and the fragile family alliances through marriage that rival any Game of Thrones episode. As the central characters--Lenu and Lila-- enter their 20s, we see how their romantic, career, and education choices propel them into new futures, precarious new lives that are continually threatened by generational poverty, violence, and pervasive sexism. This is probably one of the greatest showcases of "The personal is political" in novel form.
Be prepared: this is the author I'm going to be pushing on all of my friends for at least the next year.
Be prepared: this is the author I'm going to be pushing on all of my friends for at least the next year.