Format:
Book
Author:
Ferrante, Elena, author.
Title:
My brilliant friend / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Publisher, Date:
New York, New York : Europa Editions, 2012.
©2012
Description:
331 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
Overview: 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. 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.
Series:
Neapolitan novels ; bk. one
Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale. English ; bk. 1.
Subjects:
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Poor girls -- Fiction.
Naples (Italy) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Naples (Italie) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Other Author:
Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.
Other Title:
Amica geniale (Novel). English
Notes:
"Book one, Childhood, Adolescence."
Translated from the Italian.
Contents:
Index of characters -- Prologue: Eliminating all the traces -- Childhood: the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence: the story of the shoes -- About the author.
ISBN:
9781609450786
1609450787
Other Number:
778419313
System Availability:
9
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
9
Control Number:
386625
Call Number:
FICTION Ferrante
Course Reserves:
0
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6
# System items in:
6