My Brilliant Friend

Name: My Brilliant Friend
Brand: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
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English

By (author): Elena Ferrante

Translated by: Ann Goldstein

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From one of Italys most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else, as their friendship, beautifully and meticulously rendered, becomes a not always perfect shelter from hardship. Ferrante has created a memorable portrait of two women, but My Brilliant Friend is also the story of a nation. Through the lives of Elena and Lila, Ferrante gives her readers the story of a city and a country undergoing momentous change.

Nothing quite like it has ever been published.Guardian

Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italyand the world.The Sunday Times

This is high stakes, subversive literature.The Telegraph

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Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 05 Mar 2020
Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781787702226

About Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa 2005) Troubling Love (Europa 2006) The Lost Daughter (Europa 2008) and the four novels 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) which were published by Europa Editions between 2012 and 2015. My Brilliant Friend the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo premiered in 2018. Ferrante is also the author of Frantumaglia: A Writers Journey (Europa 2016) a childrens picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri The Beach at Night (Europa 2016) and a collection of personal essays illustrated by Andrea Ucini entitled Incidental Inventions (Europa 2019). The Lost Daughter was made into a feature film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman. Her most recent novel is The Lying Life of Adults (Europa 2020). In the Margins a collection of original essays on reading and writing was published by Europa in 2022. Ann Goldstein is one of the most accomplished translators from the Italian working today. Best known for her translations of Elena Ferrantes oeuvre she has also brought to Anglo-Saxon readers novels by Primo Levi Pierpaolo Pasolini Alessandro Baricco and other classic and contemporary Italian writers.