The book
Full-color illustrations by Mara Cerri
Left alone on the beach to fend for herself, a doll named Celina is having a terrible night. The Mean Beach Attendant of Sunset is trying to steal all her words, the Fire wants to burn her, and the Sea refuses to answer her prayers. Worst of all, she has been abandoned by her mamma, the little girl Mati, who now has a new kitten to play with. Between one misadventure and another, night turns to day, and when the sun rises Celina will see everything a little more clearly.
The Beach at Night is a short, moving, and mysterious tale for future and present readers of Ferrante’s beloved novels.
The author
Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008), and the four novels known as the Neapolitan Quartet (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child) which were published by Europa Editions between 2012 and 2015. My Brilliant Friend, the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in 2018. Ferrante is also the author of Frantumaglia: A Writer’s Journey (Europa, 2016), a children’s picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night (Europa, 2016), and a collection of personal essays illustrated by Andrea Ucini entitled Incidental Inventions (Europa, 2019). The Lost Daughter will be made into a feature film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman. Her most recent novel is The Lying Life of Adults (Europa, 2020). In the Margins, a collection of original essays on reading and writing, was published by Europa in 2022.
Reviews
- Dec 17 2016
The best books for children this Christmas 2016
— Evening Standard - Nov 16 2016
Elena Ferrante: Game of clothes
— The Times Literary Supplement - Nov 7 2016
Frantumaglia & The Beach at Night – November Books of the Month
— Turnaround - Nov 2 2016
Ferrante for Kids, The Harvard Lampoon’s Best, and More Books to Read This Month
— Vanity Fair - Oct 31 2016
The Beach at Night by Elena Ferrante
— The Times - Oct 25 2016
5 scariest lines from Elena Ferrante's creepy children's book The Beach at Night
— Entertainment Weekly