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L'amica geniale
- Libro primo
- By: Elena Ferrante
- Narrated by: Anna Bonaiuto
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 334
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 296
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Story5 out of 5 stars 296
Lila è scomparsa. Esagerata, come sempre, ha cancellato ogni traccia. Ed Elena, l'amica di tutta la vita, inizia a raccontare la storia del legame viscerale che le ha unite per sei decenni. Tra inconfessata rivalità e profondo affidamento, la ragazzina geniale e ribelle e l'amica studiosa attraversano gli anni dell'adolescenza, sullo sfondo di un rione della Napoli anni Cinquanta ritratta nella sua cruda epicità. Prima parte della tetralogia "L'amica geniale".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mi ha convinto. Appassionante.
- By Daniela on 10-10-15
- L'amica geniale
- Libro primo
- By: Elena Ferrante
- Narrated by: Anna Bonaiuto
A story of friendship, female vulnerability, power and choices. A story of poverty, despair and dreams.
Reviewed: 02-18-19
Couldn’t put this book down. The terribly tough environment of the “rione Napolitano” is described wonderfully through what at times seem like banal moments yet filled with meaning, at times using images of striking power. The story is fluid and it takes you from collective despair to personal reflections, from glimpses of possible optimism to the darkest confirmations. The violence and misery of this part of the city without love has an enormous impact on her dwellers that seem to be lost, where even geniality gets sucked in by a huge machine that appears to crush small and big dreams. Survival and advantage prevails over social cooperation and love. The friendship central to the story is a powerful study of female roles and vulnerability, also of power and choices. To have been able to listen to this great audio version was definitely a plus, the narrator does such a great job transporting the listener to those Napoli streets.
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