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My brilliant friend

Title
My brilliant friend / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Author
Ferrante, Elena
Publication
  • New York, New York : Europa Editions, 2012.
  • © 2012.

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Additional Authors
Goldstein, Ann, 1949-
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 Statement
  • Neapolitan novels ; bk. one
  • Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale. English ; bk.1.
Uniform Title
Amica geniale (Novel). English
Alternative Title
Amica geniale (Novel).
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Female friendship > Fiction
  • Poor girls > Fiction
  • Female friendship
  • Poor girls
  • Naples (Italy) > History > 20th century > Fiction
  • Italy > Naples
Genre/Form
  • Historical fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • History.
Note
  • "Book one, Childhood, Adolescence."
Language (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JFD 13-1239
ISBN
  • 9781609450786
  • 1609450787
LCCN
40021501225
OCLC
778419313
Author
Ferrante, Elena, author.
Title
My brilliant friend / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Publisher
New York, New York : Europa Editions, 2012.
Copyright Date
© 2012.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Neapolitan novels ; bk. one
Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale. English ; bk.1.
Language
Translated from the Italian.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.
Other Standard Identifier
40021501225
Research Call Number
JFD 13-1239
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