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My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels #1)

By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator)
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By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator)
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Beloved by booksellers, readers and writers including Elizabeth Strout, Zadie Smith and Jhumpa Lahiri, the first installment in the Neapolitan Novels series is a deeply satisfying story of friendship, childhood and coming-of-age.

#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...

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