#lenuccia

[il-pipistrelloh]

"Diventare. Era un verbo che mi aveva sempre ossessionata, ma me ne accorsi per la prima volta solo in quella circostanza. Io volevo diventare, anche se non avevo mai saputo cosa. Ed ero diventata, questo era certo, ma senza un oggetto, senza una vera passione, senza un'ambizione determinata. Ero voluta diventare qualcosa - ecco il punto - solo perchè temevo che Lila diventasse chissà chi e io restassi indietro. Il mio diventare era diventare entro la sua scia. Dovevo ricominciare a diventare, ma per me, da adulta, senza di lei"

- Lenù

Tratto da Storia di chi fugge e di chi resta

il-pipistrelloh

[naneki-maid]

i can’t get out of my head the distinct way that Lenú calls out “Lila.” always. margherita mazzucco deserves an Emmy just for that, for always breaking my heart, making me long for someone i haven’t even met yet.

[avellino]

thoughts on my brilliant friend? 💓

it’s EVERYTHING to me!!! lenù and lila are both such beautiful, complex characters who I care so deeply for 🥺 the novels are obvious masterpieces and I think the series really lives up to them, especially the cast- I think they’re just perfect. I remember when I watched season one, I had been a few weeks behind and sat down to watch the first 3 or 4 episodes in one sitting and I cried at like every other scene... just something about it... from the story to the characters to the dialogue to the music, everything just kept getting to me!! I seriously recommend it to everyone I can because it deserves all the love it can possibly get! 💛 what a perfect story that covers such a range of topics and dynamics yet still blends them all together in a way that feels so real... but most of all...FUCK nino sarratore!!!!!

[nowitsromeo]

♪!!

doing this ask game!

notos by the oh hellos is my fave song actually !

[hawkeene]

I miss you too boo 🥺😚💕💗💖💕💗 who are your top artists?? 👀

💖💞💞💝💖💞💖💓💝💓💝💓

fair warning that i've only been using spotify for like, 3 months, so it's not necessarily representative of my year but. yeah it's still pretty representative of my taste sjdbekenek

[lvbonome]

“The story of a new name” Book Review

I recently finished “The story of a new name”, the second book of the four-part series of the “Neapolitan Novels” by Elena Ferrante. This saga is about two best friends, Elena (Lenù) and Rafaella (Lila) and how their lives change as years pass by. The book is a compelling story that attracts the reader from the very first page, as it has interesting and multidimensional characters that make the story interesting and relatable. Also, the book has lots of details and you can tell that the author, Elena Ferrante, has done a wide range of research on the history of Italy to tell an accurate story filled with historical references and anecdotes.

One of the main reasons why I like this book so much is because Lila and Lenù’s friendship feels real; the loyalty between them has always some sense of rivalry, as both of them want to be better than the other and achieve more success in their respective areas. This kind of friendship-rivalry (or what we nowadays call “frenemies”), has, unfortunately, been very common between women for many years. Women were told they could not be friends, but they had to compete with each other for a better job, a better husband, a better house… The novel reflects these contradictory emotions perfectly and the reader understands the characters’ reasons to behave that way. I have already read the first two books and I can’t wait to read the third one. This saga is brilliant indeed.

[olivepress]

" When I think of the pleasure of being free, I think of the start of that day, of coming out of the tunnel and finding ourselves on a road that went straight as far as the eye could see," - Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

[il-pipistrelloh]

"Forse ciò che aveva attratto Nino era l'impressione di aver trovato in Lila ciò che anche lui aveva presunto di avere e che ora, proprio per confronto scopriva di non avere. Lei possedeva intelligenza e non la metteva a frutto (...). Questo era il dato di fatto che doveva aver ammaliato Nino: la gratuità dell'intelligenza di Lila. Essa si distingueva tra tante perchè con naturalezza non si piegava a nessun addestramento, nessun uso, nessun fine. Tutti noi c'eravamo piegati - attraverso prove, fallimenti, successi - ridimensionati. Solo Lila, niente e nessuno pareva ridimensionarla."

- Lenù

Tratto da Storia della bambina perduta

Il-pipistrelloh