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My brilliant friend / Chiara Lagani, Mara Cerri ; from the novel by Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

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Van Pelt Library Pn6767.L34 A4413 2023
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lagani, Chiara, 1974- author.
Ferrante, Elena, author.
Contributor:
Cerri, Mara, 1978- artist.
Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.
Graphic Works Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Standardized Title:
Amica geniale (Graphic novel). English
Language:
English
Italian
Subjects (All):
Female friendship--Comic books, strips, etc.
Female friendship.
Poor girls--Comic books, strips, etc.
Poor girls.
Naples (Italy)--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
Naples (Italy).
Italian fiction--Translations into English.
Italian fiction.
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Psychological comics.
Historical comics.
Physical Description:
254 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2023.
Language Note:
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"--Amazon.com.
"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"-- Amazon.com.
Notes:
Original title: L'amica geniale.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
ISBN:
1609459466
9781609459468
OCLC:
1374114240

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