026 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
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One of the best books about shoes ever written. A female-centric bildungsroman for the ages. “If Jane Austen got angry.” Whatever you want to call My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante’s Neopolitan epic narrative about two young women struggling to find power and agency in post-war Italy is a stunning work of art, and we can’t wait to talk about it with our special guest, Jessica. Plus there’s an incredible Italian miniseries that airs on HBO: As Bong Joon Ho said, “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”
Mentioned in the epidoe:
Parasite (film) by Bong Joon Ho
Jojo Rabbit (film) by Taika Waititi
Recommendations:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Circe by Madeline Miller
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Next Week:
Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano
