My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels #1) -

Elena Ferrante

Europa Editions

2020

293 páginas

9h 46m

ISBN-10: B085MRYW7D

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.

Resenhas (27)

3.5 (Bom)

Vim com muita expectativa pra essa leitura. Gostei bastante, mas fiquei entediada com as conversas, por vezes muito repetitivas, que ficavam em círculos e não acrescentavam muito. Acho que mostrar fluxo de pensamentos de adolescentes em livros algo bastante desafiante, pois pode ficar extremamente chato se não se fizer com o toque certo. Bastante interessante a relação de amor/ódio entre as duas protagonistas femininas e o impacto que a criação têm sobre a saúde mental e a autoestima das pessoas. Nessa relação, regada a muitos comportamentos passivo-agressivos, vamos descobrir quem é a amiga genial.