Series: L'amica Geniale
by Author Elena Ferrante
Story of a New Name (2014)
The over-the-top, it's-awesome-man kind of coverage of the novel by the North American literary establishement of this series, and of the reclusive author, is fascinating in its own right; but beware of overused adjectives and false expectations. There evidently are 'devastating' scenes in this ...
Storia del nuovo cognome (2012)
If only I spoke Italian and could read it in the original! I'm told (by someone who did) the use of dialect makes an untranslatable difference in tone and I believe it, but then I'd have to give it 6 stars.The series (there are 4 books, but as of today, only 3 have been translated into English) i...
De geniale vriendin (2013)
E, geniale, è anche lei: Elena Ferrante.Una storia di una amicizia la femminile in un quartiere periferico della Napoli del dopoguerra che è l'inizio di una saga che si dipanerà nei successivi tre romanzi che a questo punto mi toccherà leggere.Ho trovato nella scrittura di questo romanzo tanti ec...
L'amica geniale (2011)
Elena FerranteMy Brilliant Friend begins right after the second world war in Italy when the areas surrounding Naples are recovering from all of that hardship brought on by war, massive death, and loss. The children grow up under parents who are all hardscrabble poor, working class, putting toget...