My Brilliant Friend - BookWyrm for Social Yetis

336 pages

English language

Published Dec. 10, 2018 by Europa Editions, Incorporated.

ISBN:: 978-1-78770-174-8

(1 review)

In post-war 1950s Naples residents of a small neighborhood struggle with poverty, old grudges and the strictures of tradition that define their lives. Two young girls form a bond over their shared passion for learning and the desire to rise above their circumstances.

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Naomi reviewed My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

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2 stars

Very slow and very dense writing, but I got quite into it towards the end. Don't think I could read the entire quartet though.

Subjects

Italy, fiction
Friendship, fiction
Fiction, historical
Fiction, coming of age
Fiction, women