Cassie McCullough

Oh, intrigue.

And I've heard that her translator has not even met her.

So I think, you know, there's a whole lot of fascination around her Neapolitan quartet.

But this new one is the one we're talking about today.

I haven't read the quartet, Kate, which makes it great that we're talking to the people we will be today because they are Eleanor Ferrante fans.

Okay, well, let's say hello to Susanna Scarparo, who's Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Life at the University of Sydney.

Her academic area of study is Italian Literary and Cultural Studies.

Susanna, hello, welcome and great to have you.

So you are a die-hard Ferrante fan.

Well, let's get to what you think of The Lying Life of Adults in a moment.

Let's also meet Stephanie Smee, who's a literary translator.

She translates works from French into English.

And you've most recently, Stephanie, been working on the works of Anna-Laure Carr.

Well, let's describe, let's bring the listeners into this story and what makes it so powerful.

It's this young woman, Giovanna, or Gianni, as she's sometimes called by her aunt.

She's the daughter of Andrea and Nella.

They live in Naples.

Andrea and Nella are academics, although...

Nella, not so much as Andrea.

He's quite the intellect.