The fugitives and the remaining

Italy in the sixties and seventies of the last century. The political tensions between the communists and the fascists at their peak. Lina the narrator leaves the poor alleys of Naples for a luxurious life with her husband the professor "Pietro" and his prestigious family. Meanwhile, Lila leaves her husband and joins the ranks of the working class. The third part of "My Amazing Friend" launched novelist Elena Ferrante into global fame to become more important than books about strong and ambiguous friendships, and about secrets of belonging and love. Her sharp vision, her compelling narration, her renewed description of our daily life; a life that we need a woman to tell us in this wonderful way. The New York Times Book Review perhaps is the best writer modern fiction has known. Her literature is as transparent as glass, her stories primal and deep at the same time. The Economist she, above all, is skilled in crafting plots and intrigues. The Independent no one has written about Italy and its feelings, its neighborhoods, flavors, and intense emotions like Ferrante. IL Manifesto a masterpiece in every sense of the word... I read all her books while immersed; I fell under her spell. I only wanted to follow Lila and Elena's lives until the end. Jhumpa Lahiri (Pulitzer Prize Winner) number of pages; 567