![]() In this beautiful and complex coming of age. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women. Elena Ferrantes beloved Neapolitan novels have garnered worldwide popularity and its not hard to see why. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. The New York Times–bestselling “enduring masterpiece” about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples ( The Atlantic).īeginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. ![]() “Spectacular.”-Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air ![]() “An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends.”- Entertainment Weekly ![]()
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