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  The Guardian newspaper about the Neapolitan Novels in 2014.   Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay , the third book in the series, was an international best seller and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Its author was dubbed “one of the great novelists of our time” by the New York Times Book Review . This fourth and final installment in the series raises the bar even higher and indeed confirms Elena Ferrante as one of the world’s best living storytellers. Ferrante’s story is even more piquant than that of Harper Lee; nobody knows precisely who she is . The reclusive author has refused to promote her books, will provide only written answers to questions from journalists, won’t accept awards or attend writer’s conferences. Her books, she argues, should speak for themselves . Here is the dazzling saga of two women , the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery uncontainable Lila. In this book, both are adults; life’s great discoveries have been made, ...