Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Elena Ferrante's Naples – a photo essay


In her Neapolitan novels Elena Ferrante maps out in vivid detail every corner of the unnamed “neighbourhood” where her fictional heroines Lenu and Lila grow up, and when the characters move into the rest of the city she is meticulous in naming each street and square, allowing Naples to take centre stage as the stories develop.



This photo essay follows in the footsteps of Lenu and Lila into the alleyways, gritty apartment blocks and piazzas of Naples.
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