Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. The global success of Elena Ferrantes quadrilogy Lamica geniale, known in Anglophone countries as the Neapolitan Novels, has recently directed the. 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 Neapolitan Novels follows the lives of two women, Elena (Lenú) Greco and Raffaella (Lila) Cerullo, from their childhood to their 60s. The New York Times–bestselling “enduring masterpiece” about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples ( The Atlantic).īeginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood 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. Perhaps the most influential of Ferrantes novels is the 4 part series which consists of My Brilliant Friend (2012), The Story of a New Name (2013), Those Who. “Spectacular.”-Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air
“An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends.”- Entertainment Weekly
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