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My brilliant friend / by Elena Ferrante

By:

Ferrante, Elena

Contributor(s):

Goldstein, Ann, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Europa editions , c2011Description: 331 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781609450786

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC FER

LOC classification:

PQ4866.E6345 A81 2011

Incomplete contents:

Prologue : eliminating all the traces -- Childhood : the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence : the story of the shoes.

Summary: 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. Ferrante's inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her two protagonists.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC FER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	11/10/2024	018102

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Translation from Italian of: L'amica geniale.

Book one of the Neapolitan Novels.

Prologue : eliminating all the traces -- Childhood : the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence : the story of the shoes.

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. Ferrante's inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her two protagonists.

Translated from the Italian to English.

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