My Brilliant Friend
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Elena Ferrante
A New York Times BestsellerThe Neapolitan Novels (Book 1)A modern masterpice from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors set against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, this story of a lifelong friendship is told with unmatched honesty. Lila and Elena clash, drift apart, reconcile, and clash again, in the process revealing new facets of their friendship.With My Brillant Briend Ferrante begins the rich, intense, and generous-hearted portrait of two friends, Elena and Lila. Through their lives, she tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country undergoing momentous change.
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Author
Elena Ferrante
Pages
497
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published Date
2016-07-06
ISBN
1410491161 9781410491169
Ratings
Google: 3
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"More like a memoir than a novel. I liked the first book but didn't immediately jump into the second one. But it's on the TBR eventually list. I did like the perspective of childhood and early teen experiences in a different culture. She describes it skillfully. "
Molly Hans
"If anyone’s looking for something similar after devouring Ferrante, Nada by Carmen Laforet is brilliant!"
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"Undoubtedly the best fiction of this century. As I recommend it it find it is not to everyone’s taste. The writing is impeccable and slowly develops a multitude of fascinating characters from childhood through middle age. Set in post war Italy in covers politics; National, municipal, and mostly familial It is slow developing only because of the detail it goes into. The writing is so impeccable the reader is drawn, in hungry for the next chapter of the primary characters, rivals all their lives. "
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Monty Montano
"Reading a book of Ferrante always feels very intimate. This book takes me back to my childhood in Italy and makes me live again the bright and dark sides of living a friendship through the more or less mature stages of our lives. This book speaks to everyone’s inner child, adolescent and mature self. "
Federica Settimi
"Found the first third of the book pretty tedious but I forced myself to keep reading and it totally paid off. Totally captivating read!"
Simone Chia-Kangata
"Realistic and relatable characters "
Jennipher Smith
"The whole Neapolitan series are brilliant. "
Yuffy
"One of the best sagas I’ve ever read! No one writes like Elena Ferrante, she is one of a kind"
Mariane Lindemann