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| Title Statement | My brilliant friend [graphic novel] / Chiara Lagani, Mara Cerri ; from the novel by Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. |
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| Author | Lagani, Chiara, 1974- |
| Additional Contributors | Cerri, Mara,1978- |
| Ferrante, Elena | |
| Goldstein, Ann,1949- | |
| Lagani, Chiara,1974- | |
| Publication | New York: Europa Editions,2023. |
| Extent of Item | 254 pages |
| ISBN | 9781609459468 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07220780 |
| General Notes | Adapted from the novel, L'amica geniale by Elena Ferrante. |
| Languages | In English, translated from the original Italian. |
| Summary | HBO's four-season TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend has enjoyed success with critics and viewers in the U.S.; the novel has been adapted for the stage and radio plays. Here, for the first time, it is brought to vivid life as a graphic novel by one of Italy's most beloved illustrators. For Ferrante fans, for those new to Ferrante, for readers of graphic novels, Chiara Lagani's and Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend: the graphic novel is a thrilling new adaptation of one of the best loved novels of recent decades. Translated by Ferrante's long-time translator, Ann Goldstein, the graphic novel tells the enduring story of the complex friendship between Lila and Lenù in post-war Naples. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Coming of age--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Female friendship--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| Friendship--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| Graphic novel adaptations--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| Poor girls--Comic books, strips, etc | |
| By Location | Naples (Italy)--Comic books, strips, etc--History--20th century |
| By Genre | Graphic novels |
| Historical comics | |
| Psychological comics | |
