故事从20世纪50年代那不勒斯郊区一个贫穷但生气勃勃的社区开篇，费兰特(Ferrante)的“四部曲”跨越将近60年，随着书中主人公——充满激情、令人难以忘怀的莉拉（Lila）和书卷气十足的旁白叙述人——埃莱娜（Elena）成长为女人、妻子、母亲和***，而她们在此过程一直保持复杂甚至时而互相抵触的友情。“四部曲”系列的**部跟随莉拉（Lila）和埃莱娜（Elena），从她们十岁时**次命定的相遇一直到就学和青少年期阶段。

通过这两位女性的生活，费兰特(Ferrante)讲述了随着一个社区、一座城市乃至一个国家的转变，又反过来改变两位故事主人公关系的故事。


费兰特(Ferrante)是世界上最伟大的故事讲述人之一，《我的天才女友》是她为读者打造的一本丰富多彩、落落大方、策划巧妙的精彩读物，让人手不释卷。《我的天才女友》还是一本格调高雅的文学小说，注定能让未来世世代代的读者感到满足愉悦。

Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its protagonists, the fiery and unforgettable Lila, and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflictual friendship. Book one in the series follows Lila and Elena from their first fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence.

Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists.

Ferrante is one of the world’s great storytellers. With My Brilliant Friend she has given her readers an abundant, generous, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come.