Passage from Elia's novel (5)
I believe the answer is:
aisle
'passage' is the definition.
(aisle can mean a path or passageway)
'elia's novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'elias' anagrammed gives 'AISLE'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for aisle that I've seen before include "Passages between seating areas" , "Passage between rows of seats" , "channel" , "Part of supermarket" , "Extension of the nave in a church" .)