Neapolitan Novels My Brilliant Friend, Book 01, (Paperback)

from creighley

Tells the story of two young girls in in a poor neighborhood of Naples, Italy, who at the age of ten, become friends. In four volumes, fiery Lila and bookish Elena become women, wives, and mothers.

from lauralkeet

Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels have been getting a lot of press lately. On a recent bookshop visit, I was quite smitten with the beautiful Europa Editions and picked up the first book, My Brilliant Friend. The series tells of a lifelong friendship between Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo, who cam...

from lit_chick

2015, Blackstone Audiobooks, Read by Hillary Huber In a vibrant but poor Naples neighbourhood in the 1950s, two best friends: Lila Cerullo and Elena Greco learn to rely on one another ahead of all else in order to survive on the tough neighbourhood streets. The girls, though in many ways opposite...

from steve02476

Very absorbing story, lots of interesting characters. Ends on a cliffhanger so now I have to start volume 2 in the series. Listened to this as an audiobook which I don't usually do but it made for great bedtime story hour.

from rainpebble

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante; (4*) This proved to be an entertaining summer read in the midst of winter. Ferrante presents wonderfully complex characters and provides an intimate view of the characters in this coming of age story. My Brilliant Friend is the story of two girls, Lila and E...