My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples....
My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood 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 they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila. Ferrante is the author of three previous works of critically acclaimed fiction: The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, and The Lost Daughter. With this novel, the first in a quartet, she proves herself to be one of Italy’s great storytellers. She has given her readers a masterfully plotted page-turner, abundant and generous in its narrative details and characterizations, that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight her many fans and win new readers to her fiction.
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008) and the Neapolitan Quartet (Europa 2012-2015). She is also the author of a children’s picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night.
Utterly absorbing! The book walked me through a violent, vulgar and vulnerable working class neighborhood and opened my eyes eminently. You may rise above your upbringings by being exceptional, but yo...Utterly absorbing! The book walked me through a violent, vulgar and vulnerable working class neighborhood and opened my eyes eminently. You may rise above your upbringings by being exceptional, but you can never get rid of your past. P.S. Please change the lousy cover!(展开)
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3 有用 \t^h/ 2017-03-20 17:19:19
那种小女孩朋友间的嫉妒又爱慕的心态，简直不能更传神。
5 有用 甜绿 2020-01-26 23:01:26
我真的很想知道这个作者近年来这么火的原因到底是什么？是因为译者的原因还是作者本身就对语言和创作小说情节的掌握如此无力？读了作者的两本书的体验真的是不好👎🏻每天读她的书都像在完成任务一样。
4 有用 La Bayadère 2016-11-30 08:28:37
Utterly absorbing! The book walked me through a violent, vulgar and vulnerable working class neighborhood and opened my eyes eminently. You may rise above your upbringings by being exceptional, but yo... Utterly absorbing! The book walked me through a violent, vulgar and vulnerable working class neighborhood and opened my eyes eminently. You may rise above your upbringings by being exceptional, but you can never get rid of your past. P.S. Please change the lousy cover! (展开)
21 有用 lilyppbb 2015-01-28 14:29:01
近年在英语文坛骤然窜红的意大利神秘女小说家，从未公开露面，甚至有人怀疑她是男的或实际是一群作者的合称，越神秘自然越勾起人的好奇。My Brilliant Friend是她“那不勒斯系列小说”的第一本（照Wiki上的信息，目前已完成到第五本），以两个生活在贫民区的女孩为主人公，写尽她们之间的友谊、互动、竞争、嫉妒等种种少女情怀的故事和心绪，前三分之一写得尤为精彩，螺旋式的回忆使叙事变得格外富有能量。
3 有用 瓦泥 2018-02-25 01:02:18
小说应有的样子，不像一些讨巧的故事那样高潮迭起（更是戏剧手法）。读完之后，并不能觉得她讲了多么重大的事件，却对人物产生了强烈的共情，极其强烈的共情，她是怎么做到的？an extrodinary coming of age novel