# My brilliant friend

Source: https://inprose.co.uk/book/9781609459468

- Author: Lagani, Chiara
- ISBN-13: 9781609459468
- Published: 2022
- Publisher: Europa Editions
- Pages: 254

## Synopsis

Elena Ferrante's New York Times bestselling masterpiece, My Brilliant Friend, book one of her Neapolitan Quartet, is now an extraordinary, visually vibrant graphic novel, with text adapted by Chiara Lagani, and illustrations by Mara Cerri. 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.

## FAQ

**Who wrote My brilliant friend?** My brilliant friend was written by Lagani, Chiara.

**How long is My brilliant friend?** My brilliant friend is 254 pages — roughly 8 hours of reading at an average pace.

**When was My brilliant friend published?** My brilliant friend was first published in 2022 by Europa Editions.