![]() ![]() My Brilliant Friend is a modern masterpiece, the work of one of Italy’s great storytellers. They learn to rely on each other and discover that their destinies are bound up in the intensity of their relationship.Įlena Ferrante’s piercingly honest portrait of two girls’ path into womanhood is also the story of a nation and a meditation on the nature of friendship itself. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. This exquisitely written quartet creates an unsentimental portrait of female experience, rivalry and friendship never before seen in literature. ![]() My Brilliant Friend is the gripping first volume in Elena Ferrante’s widely acclaimed Neapolitan Novels. ![]() Translated by Ann Goldstein About the Book: ![]()
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