
Publisher details
- Author
- Elena Ferrante
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction
- Released
- 26 March, 2015
- ISBN
- 9781925240009
My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels #1)
Synopsis
This exquisitely written quartet creates an unsentimental portrait of female experience, rivalry and friendship never before seen in literature.
The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. They learn to rely on each other and discover that their destinies are bound up in the intensity of their relationship.Elena 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.My Brilliant Friend is a modern masterpiece, the work of one of Italy’s great storytellers.#55 Australia's Top 100 2016

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