My Brilliant Friend - Wikipedia
Set primarily in a working-class neighborhood of Naples during the 1950s, My Brilliant Friend chronicles the complex friendship between Elena Greco (called Lenù) and Raffaella Cerullo (known as Lila). The novel opens in 2010 with Elena, now in …
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) - Goodreads
2011年10月19日 · My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is the first of four novels set in Naples charting the lives of Elena Greco and her best friend Lila Curello. The book opens, present day, as Elena, a woman in her sixties, gets a desperate call from Lila’s son Rino.
Neapolitan Novels - Wikipedia
My Brilliant Friend, a two-part, five-and-a-half-hour stage adaptation of the Neapolitan Novels, opened at the Rose Theatre, Kingston in March 2017. [5] The play was adapted by April De Angelis, directed by Melly Still, and starred Niamh Cusack …
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Plot Summary - LitCharts
Looking back on her childhood in 1950s Naples, Elena—then known as Lenù—recalls life in a neighborhood run by loan sharks and Camorrists (gangsters) and dominated by widespread violence perpetrated by both men and women. Elena begins her story when she and Lila are in elementary school.
My Brilliant Friend: A Novel (Neapolitan Novels, 1) Paperback ...
2012年9月25日 · Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times–bestselling “enduring masterpiece” about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic).
Book Review: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend is the gripping first volume in Elena Ferrante’s widely acclaimed Neapolitan Novels. This exquisitely written quartet creates an unsentimental portrait of female experience, rivalry and friendship never before seen in literature.
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My Brilliant Friend - The Neapolitan Novels
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. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples.
My Brilliant Friend Book Series: Full Guide to the Neopolitan …
2024年7月15日 · Explore Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels with this guide to the My Brilliant Friend book series, a masterful saga of female friendship in Italy. Follow the aesthetic of Lila and Elena.
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
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.