The New York Times鈥揵estseller set in a divided Naples鈥攏ow a Netflix original series鈥攆rom the acclaimed author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter.
A BEST BOOK OF 2020
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Giovanna鈥檚 pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into her Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is.
Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves from one to the other in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape.
鈥淎nother spellbinding coming-of-age tale from a master.鈥 鈥People Magazine, Top 10 Books of 2020
鈥淭he literary event of the year.鈥 鈥Elle
鈥淢s. Ferrante once again, with undiminished skill and audacity, creates an emotional force field that has at its heart a young girl on the brink of womanhood.鈥 鈥The Wall Street Journal
