The Story of the Lost Child
Italian novelist, born 1943.
The Story of the Lost Child is a 2014 novel by Elena Ferrante, translated from Italian. It was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2016.
In family saga
On 2 of the 12 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Elena Ferrante
- First published
- 2014
- Length
- 400 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Italian
- Awards
- International Booker Prize shortlist, 2016
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Feminist, Family saga, Class and society
- Series
- Book 4 of The Neapolitan Novels
Is The Story of the Lost Child worth reading?
2 of the 12 best-of lists it could have made include it: the International Booker Prize and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| International Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2016) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 80 | See the list |
Best edition of The Story of the Lost Child
The edition we link to is the Europa Editions paperback (2020), 400 pages, translated by Ann Goldstein.
- Publisher
- Europa Editions (paperback, 2020)
- Pages
- 400
- Translator
- Ann Goldstein
- ISBN
- 9781787702691
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Story of the Lost Child
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 22% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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