Along here you can see the novel come to life before your very eyes as people can be seen looking out of their apartment windows. This is the stradone of the books – the more salubrious side to the city in the novels. If you are after some of the rather potent volcanic liquid that Elena Greco was under when she first laid her lustful eyes on Nino Sarratore, then you can buy some in Corso Garibaldi. Feel the pulse of the city here! The character Ada Cappucino ran a fruit stall – maybe you can spot him here? Acquafrescaio This is the heart of the underworld in the books. Head to the Aragonese city gates of Porta Capuana, just off Via Carbonara, and head into the pulsating heart of O’ Buvero street market. The area where the girls grow up is based on working class Rione Luzzatti, not usually a part of the city tourist wander into, yet it’s the side to the city that captures the spirit of the Ferrante novels. They do move around the real city of Naples however and it’s this part that you can use as a guide to the raw and gritty side of the city. The unnamed “neighbourhood” where the characters grow up is fictional yet seems to very real and vivid. It’s true that Naples comes to life under the keen hand of Elena Ferrante and her quartet of novels.
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