'Criminally underrated': Why My Brilliant Friend is one of the best shows on TV HBO As the final season of the HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels begins this week, why has the show not received the plaudits – and the viewership – it deserves? Originally published between 2011 and 2015, the four books sparked "Ferrante fever", with millions …
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The Story of the Lost Child One of the biggest global best-sellers of the last couple of years, the final work in Italian writer Elena Ferrante's Naples quartet recently saw its Chinese translation released. As the title suggests, the book promises a heartrending read as the two leading female characters Lila and Lenu－or Raffaella Cerullo and Elena Greco－enter the third …
