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The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels, Book 2

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The Story of a New Name

By: Elena Ferrante
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy.

In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and a source of strength in the face of life’s challenges.

In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, “one of the great novelists of our time” (New York Times), gives us a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging, a meditation on love and jealousy, freedom and commitment—at once a masterfully plotted page-turner and an intense, generous-hearted family saga.

©2012 Edizioni E/O. Translation © 2013 by Europa Editions (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Italy
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It's beyond me how a professional narrator could be this terrible. Strangely, when she is acting the roles of the characters she comes alive but when she speaks the internal monologue of the main character she sounds like a drone. It's so bad it's funny sometimes.
Highly suggest listening to a sample before buying!!

Robotic narration

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It was so good that I listened to book 2 straight after book 1. I could not wait to hear what happened next! There is so much insight into the thoughts and intentions of childhood and the deep connection between friends with all of the intricacies and pitfalls involved. The narrator is a joy to listen to. She creates the atmosphere brilliantly with just the right tone. I am going straight to book 3 now!

So Beautiful, So Alive

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the narrator captured the atmosphere beautifully.. looking forward to the next one
beautifully written thank you .

loved this book .. xx

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The island part is a little bit redundant, besides that I enjoys this book and reading.

Less than the first one, but still amazing.

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another good continuation of an interesting story well worth the listen. Good narration and content.

interesting if you like Italy

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