Ferrante: Book Three of the Neapolitan Novels
Again, as with the second in the series, I am inhibited from saying much about the third--"Those Who Leave and Those who Stay."
Elena Greco is one who leaves: Lila and many others stay. And the locale we are talking about is the original Neapolitan neighborhood where the wide cast of characters grew up, and where Elena (Lenucci) started her enduring relationship with her "Brilliant Friend." And all I can diplomatically say is that volume three moves us forward about eight to ten years from Elena's graduation from Padua University, during which the complex relationship with Lila is an on-again-off-again saga and still central to the ongoing story. And once you start, you have to keep going.
The only comment I will allow myself is that, at the end, I thought Elena made a very bad decision. And, of course, that decision is the 'teaser' to leave you panting for the fourth volume...
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