The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Following my self-initiated book cover project for My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, here’s the cover for the second novel of the author’s Neapolitan Quartet: The Story of a New Name.
I chose not to depict a specific scene, but rather the essence of a section of the book. One that sets in motion a lot of what will happen throughout the rest of the story. Where, on the first cover, Lila and Lenu (the two main characters) were running together, here only Lila is running. Lenu is left behind, observing.
More details in this blog post.
Digitally drawn on iPad with Procreate.
2025
I chose not to depict a specific scene, but rather the essence of a section of the book. One that sets in motion a lot of what will happen throughout the rest of the story. Where, on the first cover, Lila and Lenu (the two main characters) were running together, here only Lila is running. Lenu is left behind, observing.
More details in this blog post.
Digitally drawn on iPad with Procreate.
2025
