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My brilliant friend : childhood, adolescence / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, [2016]Description: 331p. ; 21cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781609450786 (softcover)
Uniform titles:
  • Amica geniale (Novel). English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 853.914 FER 22
LOC classification:
  • PQ4866.E6345 A8113 2016
Summary: A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante' s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other.
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"Childhood, adolescence."

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante' s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other.

Description based on twentieth printing, 2016. DLC

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