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Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously.  \nCopyright © 2011 by Edizioni E/O First publication 2012 by Europa Editions  \nTranslation by Ann Goldstein Original Title: L’amica geniale Translation copyright © 2012 by Europa Editions  \nAll rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in  \nany form.  \nCover Art by Emanuele Ragnisco [www.mekkanografici.com](www.mekkanografici.com)  \nISBN 9781609458638  \nElena Ferrante  \nMY BRILLIANT FRIEND  \nTranslated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein  \nTHE LORD: Therein thou’rt free, according to thy merits;  \nThe like of thee have never moved My hate. Of all the bold, denying Spirits,  \nThe waggish knave least trouble doth create. Man’s active nature, flagging, seeks too soon the level;  \nUnqualified repose he learns to crave; Whence, willingly, the comrade him I gave, Who works, excites, and must create, as Devil.  \nJ. W. GOETHE, Faust, translation by Bayard Taylor  \nINDEX OF CHARACTERS  \nThe Cerullo family (the shoemaker’s family):  \nFernando Cerullo, shoemaker.  \nNunzia Cerullo, wife of Fernando and Lila’s mother.  \nRaffaella Cerullo, called Lina, and by Elena Lila.  \nRino Cerullo, Lila’s older brother, also a shoemaker.  \nRino, also the name of one of Lila’s children.  \nOther children.  \nThe Greco family (the porter’s family):  \nElena Greco, called Lenuccia or Lenù. She is the oldest, and after her are Peppe, Gianni, and Elisa.  \nThe father is a porter at the city hall.  \nThe mother is a housewife.  \nThe Carracci family (Don Achille’s family):  \nDon Achille Carracci, the ogre of fairy tales.  \nMaria Carracci, wife of Don Achille.  \nStefano Carracci, son of Don Achille, grocer in the family store.  \nPinuccia and Alfonso Carracci, Don Achille’s two other children.  \nThe Peluso family (the carpenter’s family):  \nAlfredo Peluso, carpenter.  \nGiuseppina Peluso, wife of Alfredo.  \nPasquale Peluso, older son of Alfredo and Giuseppina, construction worker.  \nCarmela Peluso, who is also called Carmen, sister of Pasquale, salesclerk in a dry-goods store.  \nOther children.  \nThe Cappuccio family (the mad widow’s family):  \nMelina, a relative of Lila’s mother, a mad widow.  \nMelina’s husband, who unloaded crates at the fruit and vegetable market. Ada Cappuccio, Melina’s daughter.  \nAntonio Cappuccio, her brother, a mechanic.  \nOther children.  \nThe Sarratore family (the railroad worker poet’s family):  \nDonato Sarratore, conductor.  \nLidia Sarratore, wife of Donato.  \nNino Sarratore, the oldest of the five children of Donato and Lidia. Marisa Sarratore, daughter of Donato and Lidia.  \nPino, Clelia, and Ciro Sarratore, younger children of Donato and Lidia.  \nThe Scanno family (the fruit and vegetable seller’s family):  \nNicola Scanno, fruit and vegetable seller.  \nAssunta Scanno, wife of Nicola.  \nEnzo Scanno, son of Nicola and Assunta, also a fruit and vegetable seller. Other children.  \nThe Solara family (the family of the owner of the Solara bar-pastry shop):  \nSilvio Solara, owner of the bar-pastry shop. Manuela Solara, wife of Silvio.  \nMarcello and Michele Solara, sons of Silvio and Manuela.  \nThe Spagnuolo family (the baker’s family):  \nSignor Spagnuolo, pastry maker at the bar-pastry shop Solara.  \nRosa Spagnuolo, wife of the pastry maker.  \nGigliola Spagnuolo, daughter of the pastry maker.  \nOther children.  \nGino, son of the pharmacist.  \nThe teachers:  \nMaestro Ferraro, teacher and librarian.  \nMaestra Oliviero, teacher.  \nProfessor Gerace, high school teacher.  \nProfessor Galiani, high school teacher.  \nNella Incardo, Maestra Oliviero’s cousin, who lives on Ischia.  \nPROLOGUE  \nEliminating All the Traces  \n1.  \nThis morning Rino telephoned. 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