Acclaimed for their wisdom and the power of their storytelling, Elena Ferrante’s novels about the relationship between Lila and Elena are absorbing explorations of friendship.
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay continues the sequence that began with My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name. Lila and Elena are now in their thirties. Both women are seizing opportunities to flee a life of poverty, ignorance and submission. Yet they are still very much tied to each other by an unbreakable bond.
