Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Into which mirror must she look to find herself and save herself?
She is searching for a new face in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, which professes to be a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between these two cities, disoriented by the fact that, whether high or low, the city seems to offer no answer and no escape.
##感觉像是coming of age类型的书
##Something must not be right about me - said every teenage girl ever.
##Something must not be right about me - said every teenage girl ever.
##在通勤時間再讀一遍。對我來說是比那不勒斯四部曲更容易共情的。
##Something about the way Ferrante portrays a girl is irresistible.
##每个人都是多么复杂的动物啊。好喜欢这么细腻的描写
##Something must not be right about me - said every teenage girl ever.
##乔凡娜为什么拒绝被她奉为男神的Roberto的冷淡求欢,而委身于傲慢猥琐的Rosario?大概就在于这是她自己的选择,她享受选择带来的快乐,或者痛苦,而不是在“没得选”的优越环境里接受命运的安排。 故事的结尾虽然令人咋舌,却完全体现了整本书的内在逻辑——不满足于自己“应该有”的形象,勇敢地穿梭在美丽与丑陋、高雅与低俗、富裕与贫穷、真诚与伪善之间,打破界限,寻找真正的自我。
##Something about the way Ferrante portrays a girl is irresistible.