Those who left, those who stayed

Storia di chi fugge e di chi resta

Two Women's 50-Year Friendship and War: Neapolitan Quartet No.3
The book has sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 40 languages. "I hope she is here. This is the purpose of my writing."
"My Brilliant Friend" "The Story of a New Name" follow-up,
Elena Ferrante, Italy's most mysterious writer
Exploring the emptiness, confusion, ambition and almost cruel love of middle age, "Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay" is the third part of Elena Ferrante's "Neapolitan Quartet", focusing on the restless and closely dependent middle age of "I" (Elena) and Lila.
With the help of my fiancé Pietro's family, I published my first novel and enjoyed the joy of success, while Lila, left behind in Naples, was trapped in poverty and humble factory life. Like a knight, I re-entered Lila's life and, using my husband's family connections, helped turn Lila and Enzo's lives around—they became the first people in Naples to learn and master computer technology, and their tenacious learning ability allowed them to accumulate enormous wealth.
Once again, it was difficult to determine who was winning between Lila and me. After marriage, I began to face a creative crisis, and my peaceful, middle-class marriage also wore me down. Pietro, indifferent to social change, wanted me to give up my identity as a writer. However, playing the roles of "mother" and "wife" always left me feeling internally divided and strained.
Lila's criticism of my new work only fueled my deepest self-doubt: Was my education and knowledge merely a facade for my work, devoid of true thought, a source of unease and the unsettling truths of Lila's almost crude expressions? Until one day, my husband suddenly brought Nino home...

2017-10-01

人民文学出版社

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9787020132003