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I was prompted to read this after binge watching the HBO adaptation. I was engrossed by the series, by the production values and now, after reading the book, how completely it adhered to the book.
Both the book and the series give a realistic view of growing up in a poor working class area near Naples. The "Neopolitan Novels" continue on into adulthood and I'm hooked enough to follow on through the series. The HBO series BTW has annouced there will be a second season based on the second book. Of ...more
Both the book and the series give a realistic view of growing up in a poor working class area near Naples. The "Neopolitan Novels" continue on into adulthood and I'm hooked enough to follow on through the series. The HBO series BTW has annouced there will be a second season based on the second book. Of ...more
Two girls growing up in Naples in the 1950s/1960s. The breadth and vivacity of their thought and dialogue is entrancing. I was also taken by how much the occupations of their families and their friends' families formed the primary structure of their world. In my youth (distant) I never gave a thought to the occupations of anyone's parents, and neither did any of my friends (their dads or moms did something in factories or offices), but in this story's Neapolitan neighborhood, crafts and trades s
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Really looking forward to discussing this book with my book club. The book traces a friendship through all levels of frenemy moments as these girls grow up together and their paths cross and recross. The narrator describes her perspective and constantly wonders what in the world her friend is really thinking and feeling. The reader too is left wondering and wanting more. As I read this book, I felt completely absorbed into the mind of the narrator and found myself viscerally desiring to understa
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Class and poverty in post WWII Naples. Family and neighborhood tensions. Coming of age of as a girl in a rapidly changing, patriarchal and violent society. Elena Ferrante presents us with so much to consider in this novel. The story is told by Elena Greco, as she and her good friend Lina Cerullo navigate the neighborhood and school. Both girls are bright and intellectually curious and, at times, compete and, at times, collaborate. Elena's family elects to support her (with the aid of a teacher)
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