My Brilliant Friend

Named the #1 Book of the 21st Century by the New York Times : The “enduring classic” about the lifelong friendship of two women from Naples ( The Atlantic ).   Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood 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 confli