{"product_id":"my-brilliant-friend-9781609450786","title":"My Brilliant Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow an HBO series: the first volume in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling \"enduring masterpiece\" about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning 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 conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends.\" --\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spectacular.\" --Maureen Corrigan, \u003ci\u003eNPR's Fresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Captivating.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609450786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2012 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/23\/2012 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2014 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2014 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elena Ferrante","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661872656540,"sku":"9781609450786","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7a5dda74-5b6c-45bc-a35d-21e5f5937ca7.jpg?v=1603900473","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-brilliant-friend-9781609450786","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}