My Brilliant Friend

My Brilliant Friend is a novel by Elena Ferrante that explores the complex friendship between two women, Elena and Lila, as they navigate their lives in a poor neighborhood in Naples, Italy, from childhood through adulthood.

The story follows the lives of two childhood friends, Elena Greco and Raffaella 'Lila' Cerullo, as they grow up in a working-class neighborhood in post-war Naples. Their friendship is marked by rivalry, love, and the struggle for identity, as they each pursue their own paths in life while remaining deeply connected.