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Author | Elena Ferrante |
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Original title | L'amica geniale |
Translator | Ann Goldstein |
Language | Italian |
Publication date | 2011 |
Published in English | 2012 |
ISBN | 9781609450786 |
Followed by | The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child |
My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L'amica geniale) is a 2011 novel by Italian author Elena Ferrante. It is the first volume of a four-part series of novels known collectively as the Neapolitan Novels. An English translation by Ann Goldstein was published in 2012.