02121cam a2200373 4500 510745669 TxAuBib 20220201120000.0 160412t20162012||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015373178 9781609450786 PAP 17.00 1609450787 PAP 17.00 TxAuBib eng ita Ferrante, Elena. Amica geniale (Novel) English. My brilliant friend [BOOK] : childhood, adolescence / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, [2016] ©2012. 331 pages ; 21 cm. Neapolitan novels ; 1 "Childhood, adolescence.". Prologue : eliminating all the traces -- Childhood : the story of Don Achille -- Adolescence : the story of the shoes. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. 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 her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila. 20230821. Translated from the Italian. Female friendship Fiction. Italian fiction Translation into English. Naples (Italy) Fiction. Italy Fiction. Goldstein, Ann, 1949-, translator. Neapolitan novels ; 1.