My Brilliant Friend: A Novel (Neapolitan Novels, 1) -- Elena Ferrante

<p><b>Now an HBO series: the first volume in the <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling "enduring masterpiece" about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (<i>The Atlantic</i>).</b> <br /><br />Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante's four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. <br /><br />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 two women. <br /><br />"An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends." --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> <br /><br />"Spectacular." --Maureen Corrigan, <i>NPR's Fresh Air</i> <br /><br />"Captivating." --<i>The New Yorker</i></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Elena Ferrante<br><b>Publisher:</b> Europa Editions<br><b>Published:</b> 09/25/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 336<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.80lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.10d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781609450786<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 08/27/2012 pg. 47<br>