My brilliant friend : book one : childhood, adolescence / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Language: English Original language: Italian Series: Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale ; 1.Publication details: New York : Europa Editions, 2012.Description: 331 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781609450786
- 1609450787
- Childhood, adolescence
- Amica geniale. English.
- PQ4866.E6345 M93 2012
- PQ4866.E6345 M93 2012
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | NMC Library | Stacks | PQ4866 .E6345 M93 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 33039001387637 |
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.
Prologue : eliminating all the traces -- Childhood : the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence : the story of the shoes.