My brilliant friend : book one : childhood, adolescence /
Ferrante, Elena,
My brilliant friend : book one : childhood, adolescence / Childhood, adolescence. Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - New York : Europa Editions, 2012. - 331 pages ; 21 cm. - Ferrante, Elena. English ; Amica geniale. 1. .
Prologue : eliminating all the traces -- Childhood : the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence : the story of the shoes.
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. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. 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 her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila.
9781609450786 1609450787
016086998 Uk
Friendship--Fiction.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
PQ4866.E6345 / M93 2012 PQ4866.E6345 / M93 2012
My brilliant friend : book one : childhood, adolescence / Childhood, adolescence. Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - New York : Europa Editions, 2012. - 331 pages ; 21 cm. - Ferrante, Elena. English ; Amica geniale. 1. .
Prologue : eliminating all the traces -- Childhood : the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence : the story of the shoes.
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. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. 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 her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila.
9781609450786 1609450787
016086998 Uk
Friendship--Fiction.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
PQ4866.E6345 / M93 2012 PQ4866.E6345 / M93 2012