Lila’s son is named after Lila’s older brother, Rino. The younger Rino is a “small-time crook and spendthrift” who, in the prologue, alerts the now-middle-aged Elena to the fact that his mother has been missing from her Naples, Italy home for weeks. Rino is panicked by this fact, but Elena is disdainful of worry and feels Rino should know about his mother’s deep-seated, longstanding desire to disappear.
Lila’s Son / Rino Quotes in My Brilliant Friend
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I was really angry.
We’ll see who wins this time, I said to myself. I turned on the computer and began to write—all the details of our story, everything that still remained in my memory.
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Lila’s Son / Rino Quotes in My Brilliant Friend
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I was really angry.
We’ll see who wins this time, I said to myself. I turned on the computer and began to write—all the details of our story, everything that still remained in my memory.
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