Elena Ferrante's 7 Best Books

My Brilliant Friend (2011)

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The Story of a New Name (2012)

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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2013)

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The Story of the Lost Child (2014)

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The Days of Abandonment (2002)

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Frantumaglia: A Writer’s Journey (2016)

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Troubling Love (1992)

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