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
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2012 Click for more in this series: Neapolitan Novels |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Friendship - Fiction | Women |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Series: Neapolitan Novels |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 8.2" L (0.80 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Italy - Topical - Friendship - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/27/2012 pg. 47 Booklist 09/01/2012 pg. 55 Shelf Awareness 09/28/2012 New York Times Book Review 12/23/2012 pg. 21 Entertainment Weekly 09/12/2014 pg. 43 New York Review of Books 12/18/2014 pg. 67 |
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. |
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