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My brilliant friend author6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() It was exceptional and I loved that it was Italian. So, I watched My Brilliant Friend (over two days) and as far as a TV series goes, that gets five stars. If it’s good to watch, it’ll be even better to read (usually) and pretty much so far this has been working out for me. ![]() I find though that this avoids that whole ‘it wasn’t as good as the book’ mentality. Anyway, better late than never! As is my way of late, I’ve taken to watching before reading – I know! The horror, breaking the golden reading rule. I’m very late to the party on this one, although I have had a copy of this on my eBook shelf for a few years after reading an article on the series, I think, before the fourth book came out. My Brilliant Friend is a modern masterpiece, the work of one of Italy’s great storytellers. They learn to rely on each other and discover that their destinies are bound up in the intensity of their relationship.Įlena Ferrante’s piercingly honest portrait of two girls’ path into womanhood is also the story of a nation and a meditation on the nature of friendship itself. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. This exquisitely written quartet creates an unsentimental portrait of female experience, rivalry and friendship never before seen in literature. My Brilliant Friend is the gripping first volume in Elena Ferrante’s widely acclaimed Neapolitan Novels. Translated by Ann Goldstein About the Book: ![]()
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