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My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L'amica geniale) is a Neapolitan- and Italian-language coming-of-age drama television series created by Saverio Costanzo for HBO, RAI, and TIMvision. Named after the first of four novels in the Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante , the series is an adaptation of the entire literary work into four seasons. [ 2 ]
My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L'amica geniale) is a 2011 novel by Italian author Elena Ferrante. It is the first of four volumes in Ferrante's critically acclaimed Neapolitan Novels series. [ 1 ] The novel, translated into English by Ann Goldstein in 2012, explores themes of female friendship, social class, and personal identity against the ...
My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L'amica geniale) is a Neapolitan- and Italian-language coming-of-age drama television series created by Saverio Costanzo for HBO, RAI, and TIMvision. Named after the first of four novels in the Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante, the series is an adaptation of the entire literary work into four seasons. [1]
It is the third installment of her Neapolitan Novels, preceded by My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name, and succeeded by The Story of the Lost Child. It was translated to English by Ann Goldstein in 2014, with that edition published by Europa Editions. The novel was adapted by HBO and RaiTV in their series My Brilliant Friend.
The series consists of My Brilliant Friend (2012), The Story of a New Name (2013), Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2014), and The Story of the Lost Child (2015), which was nominated for the Strega Prize, the most prestigious Italian literary award, [9] as well as the International Booker Prize.
It is the fourth and final installment of her Neapolitan Novels, preceded by My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, and Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. It was translated into English by Ann Goldstein in 2015. Since 2018, the series of books has been adapted for a TV series, produced by HBO and RAI.
On 30 March 2017, it was announced that HBO and RAI would broadcast the first eight episodes which are an adaptation of My Brilliant Friend, the first of the four Neapolitan Novels, [33] and they premiered on HBO on 18 November 2018. [34] The series was also adapted for radio, produced by Pier for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in July 2016. [35]
The Story of a New Name (Italian: Storia del nuovo cognome) is a 2012 novel written by Italian author Elena Ferrante.It is the second volume in her four-book series known as the Neapolitan Novels, being preceded by My Brilliant Friend, and succeeded by Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child.