Download or read book The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set written by Elena Ferrante and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 1696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one volume, the New York Times-bestselling epic about hardship and female friendship in postwar Naples that has sold over five million copies. Beginning with My Brilliant Friend, the four Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante follow Elena and Lila, from their rough-edged upbringing in Naples, Italy, not long after WWII, through the many stages of their lives--and along paths that diverge wildly. Sometimes they are separated by jealousy or hostility or physical distance, but the bond between them is unbreakable, for better or for worse. This volume includes all four novels: My Brilliant Friend; The Story of a New Name; Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay; and The Story of the Lost Child. "Imagine if Jane Austen got angry and you'll have some idea of how explosive these works are." --The Australian "Nothing you read about Elena Ferrante's work prepares you for the ferocity of it." --The New York Times "An enduring masterpiece." --The Atlantic

Download or read book The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set written by Elena Ferrante and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one volume, the New York Times–bestselling epic about hardship and female friendship in postwar Naples that has sold over five million copies. Beginning with My Brilliant Friend, the four Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante follow Elena and Lila, from their rough-edged upbringing in Naples, Italy, not long after WWII, through the many stages of their lives—and along paths that diverge wildly. Sometimes they are separated by jealousy or hostility or physical distance, but the bond between them is unbreakable, for better or for worse. This volume includes all four novels: My Brilliant Friend; The Story of a New Name; Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay; and The Story of the Lost Child. “Imagine if Jane Austen got angry and you’ll have some idea of how explosive these works are.” —The Australian “Nothing you read about Elena Ferrante’s work prepares you for the ferocity of it.” —The New York Times “An enduring masterpiece.” —The Atlantic

Download or read book The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante Boxed Set written by Elena Ferrante and published by Europa Editions UK. This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 1677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nothing quite like this has ever been published before," proclaimed The Guardian about the Neapolitan novels in 2014. Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, Elena Ferrante tells the story of a sixty-year friendship between the brilliant and bookish Elena and the fiery, rebellious Lila with unmatched honesty and brilliance. The four books in this novel cycle constitute a long, remarkable story, one that Vogue described as "gutsy and compulsively readable," which readers will return to again and again, and each return will bring with it new revelations.

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema written by Gino Moliterno and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian cinema is now regarded as one of the great cinemas of the world. Historically, however, its fortunes have varied. Following a brief moment of glory in the early silent era, Italian cinema appeared to descend almost into irrelevance in the early1920s. A strong revival of the industry which gathered pace during the 1930s was abruptly truncated by the advent of World War II. The end of the war, however, initiated a renewal as films such as Roma città aperta (Rome Open City), Sciuscià (Shoeshine, 1946), and Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948), flagbearers of what soon came to be known as Neorealism, attracted unprecedented international acclaim and a reputation that only continued to grow in the following years as Italian films were feted worldwide. Ironically, they were celebrated nowhere more than in the United States, where Italian films consistently garnered the lion's share of the Oscars, with Lina Wertmüller becoming the first woman to ever be nominated for the Best Director award. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on major movements, directors, actors, actresses, film genres, producers, industry organizations and key films. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Italian Cinema.

Download or read book The Story of the Lost Child written by Elena Ferrante and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nothing quite like this has ever been published before," proclaimed The Guardian about the Neapolitan novels in 2014. Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, Elena Ferrante tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women with unmatched honesty and brilliance.

Download or read book La ni a perdida The Story of the Lost Child written by Elena Ferrante and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La niña perdida pone punto final a «Dos amigas», la historia de dos amigas que nacieron a mediados del siglo XX en Nápoles. UNA SAGA MEMORABLE Lina y Elena son ahora adultas y han tomado caminos distintos: Elena dejó Nápoles para casarse y convertirse en una escritora de éxito en Florencia. Solo un amor de juventud que vuelve a florecer la devolverá a Nápoles, donde la espera Lina, que ahora es madre y además ha triunfado muy a su manera en el negocio local. Elena es la señora culta, Lina es en apariencia la mujer de barrio, ignorante y poco dispuesta al refinamiento, pero la inteligencia pura y la intuición están del lado de Lina. Los hechos se precipitan cuando un buen día de repente, la hija de Lina desaparece: ¿asesinato, rapto, muerte? Nadie sabe, y el barrio murmura. Desde entonces, Lina ya no es la misma y la locura acecha. Todo -los hombres, las mujeres, el paisaje, la ciudad entera de Nápoles- se convierten en testigos del duelo de una madre que no sabe llorar y un buen día también desaparecerá, devolviendo al lector a las primeras páginas de esta espléndida saga. Inteligencia, emoción contenida, escritura que se pliega a los acontecimientos y se ajusta como un guante a la trama: todo está en estas páginas donde se ha ido cosiendo una de las obras más brillantes del siglo XXI. «Quería contar solo la vida de dos mujeres. Y para hacerlo era necesario que filtrara la historia en el trasfondo de sus existencias, las cosas que de un modo u otro tenían que ver con ellas. Me gustaría que el relato ayudase a contemplar en términos narrativos un pedazo de la historia de Italia.».-Elena Ferrante ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Soon to be an HBO series, book four in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted epic by one of today's most beloved and acclaimed writers, Elena Ferrante, "one of the great novelists of our time." (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times) Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery uncontainable Lila. In this book, life’s great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women’s friendship, examined in its every detail over the course of four books, remains the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. But now, she has returned to Naples to be with the man she has always loved. Lila, on the other hand, never succeeded in freeing herself from Naples. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect her neighborhood. Yet somehow this proximity to a world she has always rejected only brings her role as unacknowledged leader of that world into relief. Ferrante is one of the world’s great storytellers. With the Neapolitan quartet she has given her readers an abundant, generous, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come.

Download or read book La ni a Perdida Dos Amigas 4 the Story of the Lost Child Neapolitan Novels Book Four written by Elena Ferrante and published by Lumen Juvenile. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La ni�a perdida pone punto final a �Dos amigas�, la historia de dos amigas que nacieron a mediados del siglo XX en N�poles. UNA SAGA MEMORABLE. �Las novelas de Elena Ferrante me han tenido atado al sill�n, leyendo y celebrando unas p�ginas donde la emoci�n nunca es banal.� Juan Mars� �Siempre que disfruto con un libro procuro regalarlo, y el que ahora escoger�a ser�a una de las novelas de Elena Ferrante.� Ken Follet Lina y Elena son ahora adultas y han tomado caminos distintos: Elena dej� N�poles para casarse y convertirse en una escritora de �xito en Mil�n. Solo un amor de juventud que vuelve a florecer la devolver� a N�poles, donde la espera Lina, que ahora es madre y adem�s ha triunfado muy a su manera en el negocio local. Elena es la se�ora culta, Lina es en apariencia la mujer de barrio, ignorante y poco dispuesta al refinamiento, pero la inteligencia pura y la intuici�n est�n del lado de Lina. Los hechos se precipitan cuando un buen d�a de repente, la hija de Lina desaparece:�asesinato, rapto, muerte? Nadie sabe, y el barrio murmura. Desde entonces, Lina ya no es la misma y la locura acecha. Todo -los hombres, las mujeres, el paisaje, la ciudad entera de N�poles- se convierten en testigos del duelo de una madre que no sabe llorar y un buen d�a tambi�n desaparecer�, devolviendo al lector a las primeras p�ginas de esta espl�ndida saga. Inteligencia, emoci�n contenida, escritura que se pliega a los acontecimientos y se ajusta como un guante a la trama: todo est� en estas p�ginas donde se ha ido cosiendo una de las obras m�s brillantes del siglo XXI. �Quer�a contar solo la vida de dos mujeres. Y para hacerlo era necesario que filtrara la historia en el trasfondo de sus existencias, las cosas que de un modo u otro ten�an que ver con ellas. Me gustar�a que el relato ayudase a contemplar en t�rminos narrativos un pedazo de la historia de Italia.� Elena Ferrante La cr�tica ha dicho... �Elena Ferrante ha escrito novelas extraordinarias, honestas hasta la indecencia (...) Con su escritura le arranca la piel a la rutina.� The New York Times �Los personajes femeninos de Ferrante son verdaderas obras de arte.� El Pa�s �Ferrante es un fen�meno literario. Le han rendido pleites�a Zadie Smith, Juan Mars� o Ken Follet, entre otros.� N�ria Escur, La Vanguardia �Toda obra de arte pertenece a un autor, pero cuando es perfecta tiene algo de an�nima.� Benjam�n G. Rosado, Cultura (El Mundo) �Seguramente sea la revelaci�n m�s trascendente de la narrativa europea en el �ltimo cuarto de siglo.� Robert Saladrigas, La Vanguardia �Elena Ferrante puede ser una de las mejores autoras de las que hayas o�do hablar.� Time �Una historia de amor �pica, destinada a formar parte de las grandes obras de la literatura Occidental.� Huffington Post Famosos de todo el mundo alaban su obra... �Yo... no tengo palabras para describir lo que se siente al descubrir un tesoro como �ste. Los que disfrut�is con la lectura me entender�is.�C�mo no conoc�a yo a Elena Ferrante? Su saga de N�poles es fascinante.� Carmen Chaparro �S� que me sumo tarde a la fiesta... �pero este libro es incre�ble!� James Franco �Ferrante es �nica (...) Sus libros permanecer�n siempre conmigo.� Jennifer Morrison, actriz en House, Once Upon a Time ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: In this book, both are adults; life''s great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women''s friendship, examined in its every detail over the course of four books, remains the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up--a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. But now, she has returned to Naples to be with the man she has always loved. Lila, on the other hand, never succeeded in freeing herself from Naples. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect her neighborhood. Yet somehow this proximity to a world she has always rejected only brings her role as unacknowledged leader of that world into relief. For Lila is unstoppable, unmanageable, unforgettable!

Download or read book The Story of the Lost Child written by Elena Ferrante and published by Dal mondo. This book was released on 2017 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of a New Name written by Elena Ferrante and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: