Beach at Night

<p><b>A beautifully written dark fable from a doll's point of view--by the <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>The Lost Daughter</i> and the Neapolitan Novels (<i>The Washington Post</i>).</b> <br /><br />One of <i>NPR</i>'s Best Books of the Year. <br /><br />Readers of Elena Ferrante's <i>The Lost Daughter</i> may recall the little doll--lost or stolen--around which that novel revolves. Here Ferrante retells the tale from the doll's perspective. <br /><br />Celina is having a terrible night one full of jealousy for the new kitten Minù; feelings of abandonment and sadness; misadventures at the hands of the beach attendant; and dark dreams. But she will be happily found by Mati her child once the sun rises . . . <br /><br />Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it. --<i>The Boston Globe</i></p>