For the series “Pride and Prejudice”, a lecture by Sara Ostrov, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa.
In 2012, Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the Neapolitan Novels. The Story of a New Name is the second book in this series.
In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life’s challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, the acclaimed author of The Days of Abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.
- A series of eight meetings. Total cost: 295 NIS. Cost per meeting: 55 NIS.
- For info & TKTS, please contact the Beit Aba Hushi center at 04-8227850.
Event held in Hebrew.
Tuesday, January 16th 2018, at 10:30
Cultural Center Beit Aba Hushi
rehov Aba Hillel Silver 71, Haifa