While leaving this city, the protagonist and her childhood friend Ida promise to “become adults as no one ever had before.” In a novel set in this city, the protagonist’s adulterous, academic parents are contrasted with her working-class aunt, who gives her a bracelet. A woman removes all her things and cuts herself out of photographs before vanishing from this city, as recounted in a phone call by (*) Rino to his mother’s friend. The arrival of two dolls in the mail ends a series about two girls who grew up in this city, where they were terrorised by the Solaras. A novel set in this city, The Lying Lives of Adults, was written by a pseudonymous author who recounted Lenù and Lila’s childhood in this city. For 10 points, the novel My Brilliant Friend begins an Elena Ferrante quartet set in what Italian city? ■END■
ANSWER: Naples [or Napoli; or Napule; accept Neapolitan Novels or Neapolitan Quartet]
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