Neapolitan Quartet. In 4 volumes
19.99 €
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Neapolitan Quartet. In 4 volumes
19.99 €
"Genius Girlfriend" - the first novel in the series "Neapolitan Quartet". This is a story about the childhood of two girls from a poor Neapolitan neighborhood and the beginning of a lifelong friendship. For the first time the girls' paths will separate after elementary school. Family circumstances force one of them to drop out of school and go to work in her father's cobbler's shop. Throughout their lives, the invisible rivalry that accompanies true intimacy will lead them down different paths. Each of the friends will strive to become the best, each will know both success and disappointment, both expect great trials and tragic events. But the strong thread of childhood friendship, which sometimes binds people even against their will, will make Leela and Helena return to each other again and again.
The second installment of The Neapolitan Quartet, The Story of a New Name, continues the story of Lena Greco and Lila Cerullo. The friends grow up, their life paths inexorably diverge. They still strive to escape the squalor and poverty of the Neapolitan suburbs, but each chooses a different road. Impulsive Lila becomes Signora Carracci; wealth and a new name force her to renounce who she once was, to leave behind a girl of great promise with a remarkable mind. Lenu continues to study, painfully proving to herself that she can succeed even without her brilliant friend. In different settings, life will test Lila and Lenu's friendship for strength, and they will be convinced again and again that neither of them can break the thread that tied them together in childhood.
The action of the third part of the Neapolitan quartet, already called "the best literary epic of our time," takes place in the late 1960s and 1970s. The story of the friendship between Leno Greco and Lila Cerullo continues against a turbulent historical backdrop: student protests, street clashes, a growing labor movement... Lila, after separating from her husband, moved with her young son to a neighborhood of new buildings and works in a sausage factory. Lenu has left Naples, graduated from an elite college, published a book, is preparing to marry and become a member of an influential family. Life is driving them farther apart, and they are becoming just voices on the other end of the wire for each other. Will their relationship stand the test of change?
The final part of the Neapolitan quartet brings Lena and Leela back to their home neighborhood - with its dirt, ignorance and cruelty. Helena leaves Florence with Nino Sarratore in the hope that he will leave his family for her. Leela and Enzo start a computer firm. Gradually Leela becomes the unspoken leader of the neighborhood - much to the displeasure of the Solara brothers, who do not want to let the power out of their hands. The avowed friends are entering the age of maturity. The rivalry is a thing of the past; now Leela and Lenu know who they are to each other and don't try to change that. Life puts everything in its place - but some questions are never answered.
The second installment of The Neapolitan Quartet, The Story of a New Name, continues the story of Lena Greco and Lila Cerullo. The friends grow up, their life paths inexorably diverge. They still strive to escape the squalor and poverty of the Neapolitan suburbs, but each chooses a different road. Impulsive Lila becomes Signora Carracci; wealth and a new name force her to renounce who she once was, to leave behind a girl of great promise with a remarkable mind. Lenu continues to study, painfully proving to herself that she can succeed even without her brilliant friend. In different settings, life will test Lila and Lenu's friendship for strength, and they will be convinced again and again that neither of them can break the thread that tied them together in childhood.
The action of the third part of the Neapolitan quartet, already called "the best literary epic of our time," takes place in the late 1960s and 1970s. The story of the friendship between Leno Greco and Lila Cerullo continues against a turbulent historical backdrop: student protests, street clashes, a growing labor movement... Lila, after separating from her husband, moved with her young son to a neighborhood of new buildings and works in a sausage factory. Lenu has left Naples, graduated from an elite college, published a book, is preparing to marry and become a member of an influential family. Life is driving them farther apart, and they are becoming just voices on the other end of the wire for each other. Will their relationship stand the test of change?
The final part of the Neapolitan quartet brings Lena and Leela back to their home neighborhood - with its dirt, ignorance and cruelty. Helena leaves Florence with Nino Sarratore in the hope that he will leave his family for her. Leela and Enzo start a computer firm. Gradually Leela becomes the unspoken leader of the neighborhood - much to the displeasure of the Solara brothers, who do not want to let the power out of their hands. The avowed friends are entering the age of maturity. The rivalry is a thing of the past; now Leela and Lenu know who they are to each other and don't try to change that. Life puts everything in its place - but some questions are never answered.
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