My Brilliant Friend
Subtitle: Book One : Childhood, Adolescence
Edition: Tenth Printing
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: ita
Translation of: L'amica geniale: Infanzia, adolescenza
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781609450786
Copyright date: 2012
Description: From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. The story of Elena and Lila 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 their friendship, beautifully and meticulously rendered, becomes a not always perfect shelter from hardship. Ferrante has created a memorable portrait of two women, but My Brilliant Friend is also the story of a nation. Through the lives of Elena and Lila, Ferrante gives her readers the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country undergoing momentous change.
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Notes: USA