Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Goldstein, Ann, 1949-

Description

1. 331 pages; 21 cm

Summary

1. 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.

Series statement

1. Neapolitan novels ; bk. one
2. Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale. English ; bk.1.

Uniform title

1. Amica geniale (Novel). English

Alternative title

1. Amica geniale (Novel).

Subject

1. Female friendship
2. 1900-1999
3. Female friendship > Fiction
4. Historical fiction
5. History
6. Naples (Italy) > History > 20th century > Fiction
7. Italy > Naples
8. Poor girls > Fiction
9. Fiction

Genre/Form

1. Historical fiction.
2. Fiction.
3. History.

Contents

1. Index of characters -- Prologue: Eliminating all the traces -- Childhood: the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence: the story of the shoes -- About the author.

Call number

1. JFD 13-1239

Note

1. "Book one, Childhood, Adolescence."

Language (note)

1. Translated from the Italian.

Author

1. Ferrante, Elena, author.

Title

1. My brilliant friend / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

Publisher

1. New York, New York : Europa Editions, 2012.

Copyright date

1. © 2012.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Neapolitan novels ; bk. one
2. Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale. English ; bk.1.

Language

1. Translated from the Italian.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Added author

1. Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.

Other standard identifier

1. 40021501225

ISBN

1. 9781609450786 (paperback)
2. 1609450787 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JFD 13-1239