My Brilliant Friend - Wikipedia
My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L'amica geniale) is a 2011 novel by Italian author Elena Ferrante. It is the first of four volumes in Ferrante's critically acclaimed Neapolitan Novels series. [1]
My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels): Ferrante, Elena ...
2016年7月6日 · It depicts a detailed portrayal of a friendship between Elena and her fierce friend. The psychological exploration and emotional exploration are described as profound and gripping. The cultural setting is also appreciated, providing vivid snapshots of a time and place.
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) by Elena Ferrante - 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
In 2024, the New York Times ranked the series' first installment "My Brilliant Friend" as the best book of the 21st century. [ 19 ] Elissa Schappel, writing for Vanity Fair , reviewed the last book of the Quartet as "This is Ferrante at the height of her brilliance."
My Brilliant Friend Book Series: Full Guide to the Neopolitan Novels
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 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 - 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.
Elena Ferrante - Wikipedia
Elena Ferrante (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛːlena ferˈrante]) is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. ... The series consists of My Brilliant Friend (2012), The Story of a New Name ...
My Brilliant Friend Study Guide | Literature Guide - LitCharts
Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian author whose bestselling books include the popular Neapolitan Novels: 2011’s My Brilliant Friend, 2012’s The Story of a New Name, 2013’s Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and 2014’s The Story of the Lost Child.
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.