TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferrante,Elena
AU  - Goldstein,Ann
TI  - My Brilliant Friend
T2  - Neapolitan Novels
SN  - 9781609450786 (pbk.)
AV  - PQ4866.E6345 A7513 2012
U1  - 853/.914 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Europa Editions
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Naples (Italy)
KW  - History
KW  - 1945-
N1  - "One of the great novelists of our time."--The New York Times Book Review; Original title : L'amica geniale
N2  - "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."
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