Mysterious Italian author Elena Ferrante to publish new book

Elena Ferrante, a world-famous Italian author who hidesher identity behind a pseudonym, is to publish a new novel in Italyon November 7, her publisher edizioni e/o said Monday.There were no details about the title, but e/o released a shortextract indicating that book is set in Naples, like Ferrante'sprevious works. Ferrante's "Neapolitan Novels," also known as "My Brilliant Friend,"is a four-book series that has become an international bestseller andwas adapted into a TV series. The author published her first book, "Troubling Love," in 1992. Butshe found worldwide success with the "Neapolitan Novels," the firstof which came out in 2012. In late 2016, Italian investigative journalist Claudio Gatti claimedto have unmasked Ferrante as Anita Raja, an Italian translator ofGerman literature, but this was never confirmed.