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My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, Book 1)


ISBN	9788935669738
Publication Date	July 07, 2016
Pages	456 pages
Size	140 * 210 * 30 mm / 463 g
Number of Volumes	1 volume
Series Name	The Neapolitan Novels
Original (Translated) Title/Author	My Brilliant Friend, Book One/Ferrante, Elena

The universal yet special friendship and lives of two women!

Elena Ferrante's "The Neapolitan Novels," Volume 1, "My Brilliant Friend," tells the story of two women's lives spanning over 60 years. Lila and Lenu grew up in a poor neighborhood in Naples, Italy. This book captures the brilliant friendship of these two women, who are each other's closest friends, lifelong rivals, and inspiring muses. This work focuses on the friendship between the two protagonists, Lila and Lenu, from their childhood to adolescence, depicting various emotions that surge within the relationship of friendship, especially the secret feelings that only they experience.

The story begins from Lenu's perspective, recalling Lila, who suddenly disappeared one day. Lila and Lenu have a special bond where they can read each other's minds, but subtle emotions exist even within their friendship. Lila is naturally brilliant but cannot attend middle school due to her family circumstances, so she self-studies Latin and Greek. Lenu, a diligent and hardworking student, is spurred on by Lila and studies hard, but she cannot catch up to Lila's intelligence. Even school assignments that are recognized are undeniably Lila's ideas.

But it's not just about studies. As Lila grows up, she becomes more beautiful and attracts the attention of all men. Lenu feels inferior, thinking she is not superior to Lila in any way, while Lila's dreams are thwarted by external circumstances. Their emotions fluctuate according to their situations. The most fundamental cause of their subtle emotions is 'economic poverty.' Another factor affecting them is violence. Through this story, the author shows how the friendship and lives of the two protagonists are changed by society. They are figures who give authenticity to trivial historical facts, and they make us realize that our daily lives, as we watch their stories, are also a part of history.

Elena Ferrante is currently the most famous author in the global literary scene, yet her identity remains veiled and unknown. Ferrante, who speaks only through her works, has never appeared in public since her debut in 1992. However, through "The Neapolitan Novels," which the author reveals originated from her own friendship and was written with fierce intensity and without hesitation against the backdrop of Naples, we encounter the author's true life.

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