My Brilliant Friend: A Novel (Neapolitan Novels, 1) Contributor(s): Ferrante, Elena (Author), Goldstein, Ann (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1609450787 ISBN-13: 9781609450786 Publisher: Europa Editions OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Friendship - Fiction | Women |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Neapolitan Novels |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Italy - Topical - Friendship - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times-bestselling "enduring masterpiece" about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic). |
Contributor Bio(s): Ferrante, Elena: - Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), which was made into a film directed by Roberto Faenza, Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), adapted by Mario Martone, and The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008), soon to be a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She is also the author of a Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey (Europa, 2016) in which she recounts her experience as a novelist, and a children's picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night (Europa, 2016). The four volumes known as the "Neapolitan quartet" (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child) were published in America by Europa between 2012 and 2015. The first season of the HBO series My Brilliant Friend, directed by Severio Costanzo premiered in 2018. |