{"product_id":"frankie-recommends-my-brilliant-friend-elena-ferrante","title":"Frankie recommends... My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrankie says... How lucky you are to be reading this book for the first time! Brimming with daring, provocative, beautiful, heartbreaking prose that infuses this epic series with the often harsh shades of reality against the backdrop of childhood dreams. Elena and Lina are two characters you will never forget, and as you grow alongside the girls their stories become entwined with your heart in a way I have never witnessed from modern writing before. The Guardian has said that 'nothing quite like it has ever been published' and I wholeheartedly agree - this is writing that challenges, subverts, electrifies and brands the reader. Ferrante is a writer of show-stopping genius and I'm afraid nothing will ever come close again. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else, as their friendship, beautifully and meticulously rendered, becomes a not always perfect shelter from hardship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFerrante has created a memorable portrait of two women, but \u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/em\u003e is also the story of a nation. Through the lives of Elena and Lila, Ferrante gives her readers the story of a city and a country undergoing momentous change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collected","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56755097764220,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/5662\/2637\/files\/9781787702226.jpg?v=1778427565","url":"https:\/\/collectedbooks.co.uk\/products\/frankie-recommends-my-brilliant-friend-elena-ferrante","provider":"Collected","version":"1.0","type":"link"}