caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity
Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth
and survival with psychological depth and modern resonance
They are afloat on the great sea of opportunities that opened up during the nineteen-seventies
and our love-hate relationship with what we desire most
The Story of a New Name tan caretakers of lost knowledge fromNeapolitan Novels #2. In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entre 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