I'll never forget these half-wild, 'too much' heroines – Philip Pullman's Lyra and Elena Ferrante's Lila
- Written by: Jane Gleeson-White, Adjunct Lecturer, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
Lila, played by Ludovica Nasti (right) in the HBO production of Elena Ferrante's My Beautiful Friend.
Eduardo Castaldo/HBOReading Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights to my children around 2007, I met its heroine, Lyra Belacqua. My children barely remember her. I will never forget her – nor Pantalaimon, her daemon; her soul in protean...