具体描述
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.
用户评价
##放逐，童年阴影，焦虑与不安，总要交织的爱与恨，容貌愈发接近父母的恐惧…还是那个Elena Ferrante，这本的格局小得多，也没什么时间跨度，虽然和四部曲比较不太合适，但确实相差很远。能再读到Elena Ferrante就是好的。
##Coming of age是明明已经从黑白分明的童话跌进充满灰色地带的现实，心灵和思想却要命地滞后了。
##那不勒斯的另一个故事，比四部曲更坦诚更赤裸。前2/5转折和衔接不够流畅，有一种我能理解主人公为什么这样做但somehow就是缺少动机的感觉。从第三部分开始精彩起来，主人公把自己和家庭和外表剥离，剥到血肉模糊，触目惊心。giovanna好勇敢，勇敢到最后可以果决地和解，生活如此，let’s fuck it
##和当初在航班上看天才女友剧集的感受相似，人与人之间有很深邃复杂的情感羁绊，一地鸡毛又五味杂陈。Giovanna 见到 Vittoria 之前和初次与她相见都扣人心弦，后来故事和人物关系的层层展开剥离让人有时疲惫至透不过气，戏剧又真实。很能明白 Roberta 之于她的意义。成长之痛还会延续。
##女孩成长的经历，还蛮喜欢的。虽然主线有点散，没有punch line。
1.5倍速听的。又回到了熟悉的费兰特的那不勒斯，这次是个更个人的中产少女对熟悉的世界祛魅和远离，又自我和解而获得个人成长和解放的故事。费兰特真是又擅长描写微妙的女性心理又总能赋予女主角足够的勇气和力量。男性形象倒是更接近四部曲里的各位。13到16岁的"those ugly years"让Giovanna“以暴制暴”地以更多lies and ugliness摧毁了各种幻想，逐渐做好了成人的准备。
##每个人都是多么复杂的动物啊。好喜欢这么细腻的描写
##很精彩！不逊于“那不勒斯四部曲”。同样是发生在那不勒斯的故事，同样的风格。每次看Elena Ferrante的故事，总会很奇妙地找到自己原生家庭的影子。或许是意大利和中国从某种角度有点像，都很重视家庭；六七十年代家里成员较多；经济条件不好等等，形成了一种不同文化背景下的情感共鸣。
##“I was ashamed because my parents were ashamed .” I understood that they were ashamed of my failure, maybe it was the only feeling they still had in common.孩子感受到的才是真实的，被隐藏起来的感受。Lies, lies, adults forbid them and yet they tell so many.