My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples....
My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. 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. Ferrante is the author of three previous works of critically acclaimed fiction: The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, and The Lost Daughter. With this novel, the first in a quartet, she proves herself to be one of Italy’s great storytellers. She has given her readers a masterfully plotted page-turner, abundant and generous in its narrative details and characterizations, that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight her many fans and win new readers to her fiction.
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008) and the Neapolitan Quartet (Europa 2012-2015). She is also the author of a children’s picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night.
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5 有用 troubadourin 2015-01-19 11:58:13
本书讲了Lena和她的好朋友Lila的故事，Lila是个固执勇敢有见地的姑娘，Lena和Lila一起长大，她一直想超越Lila而自我感觉从未超越。她以Lila做榜样的过程中自己也变得很优秀，他们生活在意大利的底层街区，周围人解决问题的方式，父母的思维逻辑另他们感到粗俗不堪。他们的梦想是逃离这个街区，过新的生活方式。这边小说以lila的婚礼结束，而我恰好读到这里时也在小时候生长的厂区参加好朋友的婚礼... 本书讲了Lena和她的好朋友Lila的故事，Lila是个固执勇敢有见地的姑娘，Lena和Lila一起长大，她一直想超越Lila而自我感觉从未超越。她以Lila做榜样的过程中自己也变得很优秀，他们生活在意大利的底层街区，周围人解决问题的方式，父母的思维逻辑另他们感到粗俗不堪。他们的梦想是逃离这个街区，过新的生活方式。这边小说以lila的婚礼结束，而我恰好读到这里时也在小时候生长的厂区参加好朋友的婚礼，看到厂里那些阿姨相貌变老，同龄人长大，我们一桌同学同时进入30岁，有些人离开了厂里这个圈子，有些人还在，但大家都过上了和往辈不一样的生活，有些小感慨。 (展开)
3 有用 猫小姐 2020-03-27 12:25:16
几近完美的写作，语言准确忠实，结构清晰，节奏张弛有度，战后意大利的浮世绘加女性成长故事，三观特别正，故事还好看。有生之年，诺奖见
155 有用 李添予 2019-02-01 09:30:27
最大的困难在于如何准确分辨Rino Nino Gino Sino......
67 有用 Aki 2017-02-22 14:11:53
女人间的嫉妒，贫穷带来的暴力和乏味，爱情中的虚荣，当一个人能直白地袒露这些东西，说明她已经抛下了它们，前进到很远的地方去了。
14 有用 庙 2016-02-08 06:18:46
相當推薦。單單這本，我覺得可以作為小說訓練的教科書，細節、情感、大畫面以及簡單卻極具表達力的語言都囊括了。說角色的話，Lila這樣富有可怕生命力的女孩我很是羨慕，但感覺我的成長過程中更像是Elena。