6/7/2023 0 Comments The neapolitan quartet![]() The four books in the quartet are “My Brilliant Friend” (2012), “The Story of a New Name” (2013), “Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay” (2014), and “The story of the Lost Child” (2015). They are like the “Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, one story across multiple books. ![]() Ferrante has described them as “a single novel” published in four volumes due to length and duration. I devoured these books, not hesitating in going immediately from one to the next, as if each book were merely chapters of one complete work, which they were. ![]() While the television series does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the books and is well worth the watching, there is nothing that can compare to actually reading Elana Ferrante’s words. “The Neapolitan Quartet” is a set of novels to which many Americans have been introduced through the HBO series, “My Brilliant Friend”. ![]()
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