London Review of Books Bookshop's Author of the Month: Elena Ferrante

'Elena Ferrante' is the pseudonymous author of several highly acclaimed Italian novels, most recently the Neapolitan Quartet, the fourth and final part of which will be published in English in September. Political, personal, discursive and compulsively readable, Ferrante's books have become essential reading for those who wish to understand the life and world of late 20th-century Europe.