My Brilliant Friend

"My Brilliant Friend" is the first of four books in the famous "Neapolitan Quartet" by Elena Ferrante. It is a story about ordinary people you might see in the neighboring courtyard. They make ordinary and inexplicable actions, say something rashly, quarrel and reconcile, foolishly get married, pore over textbooks at night... And in this ordinariness, there is some kind of magic. On the pages of the novel, bathed in hot sunshine, everyone will find a piece of their childhood, and in the characters, unexpectedly recognize themselves...

"Elena Ferrante, with the magic of the writer's word, as if with a wave of a magic wand, transports us readers to Italy during her childhood - wild, unruly, dangerous, with its street fights, blood feuds, shootings, the law of the rich and powerful, - yet so soulful and warm, so dear and close. Streets and whole neighborhoods are built up, houses are torn down, trees and people perish, but that unforgettable country - the land of childhood and the uplifting world of youth - remains with us forever". From reader reviews
Comments and dictionary by L.N. Latypova.