My Brilliant Friend：Neapolitan Novels, Book One

AmodernmasterpiecefromoneofItaly'smostacclaimedauthors,MyBrilliantFriendisarich,intenseandgenerousheartedstoryabouttwofriends,ElenaandLila.Ferrante'sinimitablestylelendsitselfperfectlytoameticulousportraitofthesetwowomenthatisalsothestoryofanationandatouchingmeditationonthenatureoffriendship.Throughthelivesofthesetwowomen,Ferrantetellsthestoryofaneighbourhood,acityandacountryasitistransformedinwaysthat,inturn,alsotransformtherelationshipbetweenhertwoprotagonists.