My Brilliant Friend
Ferrante, Elena.
My Brilliant Friend Childhood, adolescence. Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - 331 p. ; 21 cm. - Neapolitan Novels ; 1 .
"One of the great novelists of our time."--The New York Times Book Review Original title : L'amica geniale.
"Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.
Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women."
Translation by Ann Goldstein.
Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2015.
9781609450786 (pbk.) 1609450787 (pbk.)
2012033572
Female friendship--Fiction.
Naples (Italy)--History--1945---Fiction.
PQ4866.E6345 / A7513 2012
853/.914
My Brilliant Friend Childhood, adolescence. Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - 331 p. ; 21 cm. - Neapolitan Novels ; 1 .
"One of the great novelists of our time."--The New York Times Book Review Original title : L'amica geniale.
"Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.
Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women."
Translation by Ann Goldstein.
Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2015.
9781609450786 (pbk.) 1609450787 (pbk.)
2012033572
Female friendship--Fiction.
Naples (Italy)--History--1945---Fiction.
PQ4866.E6345 / A7513 2012
853/.914