My Brilliant Friend

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“Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy—and in the world.”

“Stunning. An intense, forensic exploration of friendship.”

“A modern classic.”

"Ferrante is a hypnotist."

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“My Brilliant Friend is entrenched as one of the premier examples of so-called autofiction, a category that has dominated the literature of the 21st century. Reading this uncompromising, unforgettable novel is like riding a bike on gravel: It’s gritty and slippery and nerve-racking, all at the same time."

“Nothing quite like it has ever been published before . . . Brilliant novels, exquisitely translated.”

“To the uninitiated, Elena Ferrante is best described as Balzac meets The Sopranos and rewrites feminist theory.”

“Ferrante’s writing seems to say something that hasn’t been said before, in a way so compelling its readers forget where they are, abandon friends and disdain sleep.”

"Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping."

"Elena Ferrante is an expert chronicler of adolescence and its many indignities, as well as its erratic, overwhelming passions."

"The beauty of these novels lies in the way they shun simplification, and also in how they articulate the intangible aches of the human experience."

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From one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood 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 their friendship, beautifully and meticulously rendered, becomes a not always perfect shelter from hardship. Ferrante has created a memorable portrait of two women, but My Brilliant Friend is also the story of a nation. Through the lives of Elena and Lila, Ferrante gives her readers the story of a city and a country undergoing momentous change.

“Nothing quite like it has ever been published.”—Guardian

“Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy—and the world.”—The Sunday Times

“This is high stakes, subversive literature.”—The Telegraph

• | Author: Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein
• | Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
• | Publication Date: Mar 05, 2020
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781787702226
• | ISBN-10: 1787702227