Storia di chi fugge e di chi resta (L'amica geniale Vol. 3) (Italian Edition) Kindle Edition

ln my opinion, Ferrante is the best Italian writer living today. And I also think the Naples quartet is destined to become a modern classic. There is so much in these books I don't know where to begin. The writing is superb, and an absolutely pleasure to read. My Italian teacher scoffs as the notion that the mysterious Ferrante could be a man. No male italian writer she says would humble himself as Ferrante has done by speaking through through the voice of her flawed, humiliated and self-deceiving narrator Lenu. And yet we so root for her! And for her brilliant friend Lila.The themes of a woman's place, the influences of family, class and culture, and of the history of Italy particularly in the 20th century are handled with such intelligence and insight that the author has made this not just an Italian story but a universal story of what it really means to be a woman in the modern world, and what it takes for a woman to become a fully realized human being.I read this book in Italian, which I recommend to any student who loves and studies the language but I'm told the translation is very very good as well. In any way possible my recommendation is READ THIS BOOK! So far I have read the first 3 books in the story of Lila and Lenu (the Naples Quartet). I think the first book (My Brilliant Friend) and this one are the best so far. And now I must read the fourth and final book to find out what finally happens to these two women, two characters I love, two lives I am completely invested in, thanks to the brilliance of this author.Ora ho letto i primi tre libri nella storia di Lila e Lenu. Questo, il terzo, con il primo sono i milgiori. Non vedo l'hora di leggere il finale.

Ferrante does it again. The last book in the trilogy required great self-discipline to avoid gobbling the whole book up instead of savoring every chapter, delicious as they are. I never wanted the story to end, sigh. Great characters, engaging plot, amazing writing.

..we are now at 1968, of which one gets a personalized glimpse from all the usual suspects. The characters deepen, move, evolve. I admire the ability to grab the mind and make one smell the odors, hear the sounds, see the movements, take mental part in the debates. And make you want to read number 4!

The way this author is able to describe feelings and thoughts going through the mind of a person is incredible.

An engrossing, luminous and true saga of family, friendship and ambition in contemporary Naples, postwar to early 2000s.The writing is beautiful and ferocious, brutally honest and yet full of yearning...

Cannot resist to follow the saga, which says a lot about good writing by Ferrante and the extremely carefully chosen prose on a very well portrayed Naples. Yet the reader is left with a sense of incompletion that lingers throughout the four books with too much sex to epater les bourgeois, too many historicistic common places and too little depth to satisfywho really got under the skin of the characters and their complexity, starting of course from Lila.

coinvolgente, ti viene voglia di migliorarti e di istruirti, si insinua dentro di te senza lasciarti scampo. Il ritmo del libro è veloce e non ti stanca, la lettura è continua e non troppo complicata. Interessante anche a livello storico per capire qualcosa degli anni 70, soprattutto se si è ancora giovani e non li si è conosciuti di persona

I am just about finished reading this volume, and dreading the end of the series.The characters evolve, particularly Lenu', and the plot keeps moving, in convincing ways. I love this series, and am already mourning the end of it. Having grown up in Italy, a bit later than the characters, I am very familiar with the 60s, 70s in Italy, and the books bring back lots of memories.But all good art is universal, and the success of this series in America confirms it.