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#1 BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY - NEW YORK TIMES


Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times-bestselling "enduring masterpiece" about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic).


Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood 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. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.


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 two women.

"An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends."--Entertainment Weekly

"Spectacular."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air

"Captivating."--The New Yorker


Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781609450786
  • ISBN-10: 1609450787
  • Publisher: Europa Editions
  • Publish Date: September 2012
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
  • Page Count: 336
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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