My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
(Discussion led by LD)
Some background links to get you started:
- "Elena Ferrante: the global literary sensation nobody knows" by Meghan O'Rourke in The Guardian
- The author's website
What we discussed about the book:
- is this a book people either love or hate?
- does it stand alone, or do you need to read the other three parts?
- do we want to know what happened?
- who is Elena Ferrante? Why the anonymity?
- Is it memoir or fiction?
- Does it stray into magic realism? (copper pot exploding)
- how did Marcello get the shoes?
- what did we think of the characterisation?
- Were we confused by the switching of names (Lina/Lila/Raffaela...)
- did it read like a soap opera?
- what has really happened at the start?
- is this a reliable narrator?
Ratings
Range: 7 to 9
Average: 7.86
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