October 10, 2023
Edelweiss
Based on novel by Elena Ferrante
256 pages
Book 1 of 4 The Neapolitan Novels Series
Novel, graphic, literary, digital, book series
HBO four season adaptation
Translated from Italian (Sept 2012 orig pub)
Europa Publishing
8/29/23
The Story of My New Name, Book 2 (9/2013)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, book 3 (9/2014)
The Story of the Lost Child, book 4 (9/2015)
Audio library loan My Brilliant Friend
387 pages digital copy
This is the first graphic novel adaptation of a previously published book. It was interesting to discover it was part of a series and translated from Italian. I discovered that the story was adapted for HBO but unfortunately I could only obtain the Italian non-subtitled version. I did read the original novel to fully understand the graphics in this novel.
The illustrations were lovely and the flow of the pictures with limited written dialogue closely captures the events in the original novel. I found it an interesting experience never having read a graphic novel.
This tells the story of a long and tumultuous relationship between two unlikely girls over time. They are opposites who always seemed drawn to on the other for support. Their friendship has its drama and jealousy along with outrageous adventures and secrets.
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