![]() She writes pseudonymously, allowing her writing to be its own voice. Ferrante is notably absent from the spotlight. Within pages, this masterpiece unfolding in your hands will have you wondering what on earth will ever compare. My Brilliant Friend is an incomparable reading experience written with unquestionable intelligence. ![]() This is a story about friendship, class, violence, feminism, politics, loyalty, motherhood, and, ultimately, what happens when women are denied progress. ![]() ![]() Over the decades-long friendship between protagonists Lila and LenĂ¹, we journey with them through their impoverished Naples neighborhood as each navigates a world that blurs the line between brutality and love during a time when power structures and obstacles, in place for centuries, begin to topple. My Brilliant Friend, the first in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, is a meditation on the complexity of women's lives. ![]()
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