The Story of the Lost Child

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OVER 14M OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDE Nothing quite like this has ever been published before."- The Guardian "This is high stakes, subversive literature."- The Daily Telegraph "With the publication of her Neapolitan Novels, (Ferrante) has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy-and the world."- The Sunday Times "An unconditional masterpiece . . . I was totally enthralled."-Jhumpa Lahiri "An extraordinary epic."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "To the uninitiated, Elena Ferrante is best described as Balzac meets The Sopranos and rewrites feminist theory."- The Times "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."- London Review of Books "Stunning. An intense, forensic exploration of friendship."- The Times Literary Supplement The Story of the Lost Child is the concluding volume in the dazzling saga of two women- the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, ...