TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferrante,Elena
AU  - Goldstein,Ann
TI  - My brilliant friend
T2  - Neapolitan novels
SN  - 9781609450786
AV  - PQ4866.E6345 A8113 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Europa Editions
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Poor girls
KW  - fast
KW  - Friendship
KW  - sears
KW  - NEW LIST 20121130
KW  - unknown
KW  - Naples (Italy)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Italy
KW  - Naples
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - gsafd
N1  - "Book one, Childhood, Adolescence."; Index of characters -- Prologue: Eliminating all the traces -- Childhood: the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence: the story of the shoes -- About the author
N2  - Overview:  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.  The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples.  Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else.  As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other.  They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change.  Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila
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