by Elena Ferrante
AudibleBRAVO.Five stars, hundred stars, all possible and impossible stars for [a:Elena Ferrante|44085|Elena Ferrante|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]!I wish I can read it in a language it was written. Envy my Italian friends. Pity the books t...
"[...] she was explaining to me that I had won nothing, that in the world there is nothing to win, that her life was full of varied and foolish adventures as much as mine, and that time simply slipped away without any meaning, and it was good just to see each other every so often to hear the mad sou...
2016 UC book club pick for Oct. Look, I don't care what anyone else says, this is a book about betrayal. It's about sexual betrayal, emotional betrayal, self betrayal, and a betrayal of everything. I know everyone will be taking about the whole Elena and Nino plot, but for me the hardest, heart brea...
The narrative of Elena and Lila's lives is exhaustive, and I find it utterly compelling.
Really enjoying the book. Getting a real sense of the trajectory of the two girls' lives, while staying true to the consistent themes in their relationship. It is also a great illustration of the socio-economic pressures and class divisions in Italian life at the time. Can't wait to finish the other...
It is hard to write individual reviews of these books, because they are all one big novel, and because they are remarkably consistent in terms of quality – if anything, the series improves as it goes, but perhaps I simply grew more invested in the characters. (Meanwhile, the covers are consistently ...
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