The Story of the New Name
The second Neapolitan Novel continues the story of Elena and Lila as teenagers and young women, tracing their diverging paths through education, marriage, and the volatile streets of 1960s Naples.
What you might want to know about The Story of the New Name
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Lila Cerullo is sixteen when she walks down the aisle to marry the grocer Stefano Carracci, and only Elena Greco knows what her best friend left in a box that morning. The novel follows the two girls through the early 1960s, Lila into a violent marriage and Elena into school in Pisa.
The Story of a New Name is the second book in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, after My Brilliant Friend and before Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. The series is heavily serialized.
Yes. HBO and RAI's My Brilliant Friend series adapts all four Neapolitan Novels. Season 2 covers The Story of a New Name. The Italian-language series is widely considered exemplary.
The Story of the New Name was written by A W. Reed, published in 1952 by A. H. & A. W. Reed.
The Story of the New Name is 143 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Story of the New Name takes most readers 2 to 3 hours to finish.
The Story of the New Name is a standalone novel by A W. Reed, not part of a series.
The Story of the New Name is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
