{"product_id":"the-neapolitan-novels-boxed-set-neapolitan-novels-boxed-set","title":"The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set (Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eElena Ferrante\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Days of Abandonment\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2005), \n\u003ci\u003eTroubling Love\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2006), \n\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa, 2008) and the Neapolitan Quartet (Europa 2012-2015). She is also the author of a children's picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Beach at Night\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante's books, including the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Lost Child, \u003c\/i\u003e which was shortlisted for the MAN Booker International Prize. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A large, captivating, amiably peopled bildungsroman.\"\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Wood, \u003cem\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of modern fiction's richest portraits of a friendship.\"\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Powers\u003cem\u003e, NPR's Fresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Elena Ferrante is one of the great novelists of our time.\"\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoxana Robinson\u003cem\u003e, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling, visceral and immediate...The Neapolitan novels are a tour de force.\"\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Gilmore, \u003cem\u003e The Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It took my breath away...so honest and right and opens up heart to so much.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Strout, writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Neapolitan novel cycle is an unconditional masterpiece.\"\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJhumpa Lahiri, writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eEugenia Williamson, \u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrante's own writing has no limits, is willing to take every thought forward to its most radical conclusion and backwards to its most radical birthing.\"\u003cem\u003e---\u003cstrong\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the more nuanced portraits of feminine friendship in recent memory.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMegan O'Grady, \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's just hypnotic. I could not stop reading it or thinking about it.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eHillary Clinton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrante tackles girlhood and friendship with amazing force.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eGwyneth Paltrow, actor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrante's writing seems to say something that hasn't been said before in a way so compelling its readers forget where they are, abandon friends and disdain sleep.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eJoanna Biggs, \u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrante has written about female identity with a heft and sharpness unmatched by anyone since Doris Lessing.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Lowry, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No one has a voice quite like Ferrante's. Her gritty, ruthlessly frank novels roar off the page with a barbed fury, like an attack that is also a defense...Imagine if Jane Austen got angry and you'll have some idea of how explosive these works are.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Freeman, writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When I read the Neapolitan novels I find that I never want to stop.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMolly Fischer, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dazzling...stunning...an extraordinary epic.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMichiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Spectacular.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMaureen Corrigan, NPR's \u003cem\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What words do you save? Here's your chance to bring them out, like the silver for the wedding of the first-born: genius, tour de force, masterpiece. They apply to the work of Elena Ferrante...her magnificent Neapolitan quartet seems to me to be the greatest achievement in fiction of the post-war era.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Finch, \u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We are dealing with masterpieces here, old-fashioned classics, filled with passion and pathos...The sheer power of her books is a challenge to the chilly, dour craftsmanship of too many 21st century literary novels.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eJoe Klein, \u003cem\u003eTIME Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The saga is both comfortingly traditional and radically fresh, it gives readers not just what they want, but something more than they didn't know they craved...through this fusion of high and low art, Ms. Ferrante emerges as a 21st-century Dickens.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrante's accomplishment in these novels is to extract an enduring masterpiece from dissolving margins, from the commingling of self and other, creator and created, new and old, real and whatever the opposite of real may be...Ferrante's voice is very much her own, but its force is communal.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eJudith Shulevitz, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eFerrante adumbrates the mysterious beauty and brutality of personal experience.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eRachel Cusk, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet is the first genuine literary classic of the 21st century.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eFerrante, Elena\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElena Ferrante\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \n\u003cem\u003eThe Days of Abandonment\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2005), which was made into a film directed by Roberto Faenza, \n\u003cem\u003eTroubling Love\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2006), adapted by Mario Martone, and \n\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2008), soon to be a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She is also the author of \n\u003cem\u003eIncidental Inventions\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2019), illustrated by Andrea Ucini, \n\u003cem\u003eFrantumaglia: A Writer's Journey\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2016) and a children's picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Beach at Night\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2016). The four volumes known as the \"Neapolitan quartet\" ( \n\u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Story of a New Name\u003c\/em\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay\u003c\/em\u003e, and \n\u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Lost Child\u003c\/em\u003e) were published by Europa Editions in English between 2012 and 2015. \n\u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eGoldstein, Ann\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante's books, including the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Lost Child, \u003c\/i\u003e which was shortlisted for the MAN Booker International Prize. 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