La esperada adaptación gráfica de la aclamada novela de Elena Ferrante, que ha cautivado a más de veinte millones de lectores.

Esta historia comienza en un barrio pobre de las afueras de Nápoles, en los años 1950, con dos niñas tomándose de la mano para encontrar el valor para enfrentarse al temible Don Achille. Un gesto que marcará la vida de ambas, que se mantendrán unidas hasta la misteriosa desaparición de una de ellas: su último intento de borrar todo rastro.

Mara Cerri y Chiara Lagani aúnan fuerzas en esta adaptación gráfica para dar nueva vida a Lila y Lenù, dos personajes que son ya historia de la literatura. «Más inquietante y onírica que la novela (L'Essenziale), las dos artistas consiguen iluminar desde nuevos ángulos la obra más icónica de Elena Ferrante, una joya de las letras contemporáneas que ha encandilado a millones de lectores de todo el mundo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Elena Ferrante's New York Times bestselling masterpiece, My Brilliant Friend, book one of her Neapolitan Quartet, that has captivated more than twenty million readers, is now an extraordinary, visually vibrant graphic novel.

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.

This story begins in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples in the 1950s, with two girls holding hands to find the courage to face the terrifying Don Achille. A gesture that will mark both their lives, as they stay together until the mysterious disappearance of one of them: their last attempt to erase all traces.

Mara Cerri and Chiara Lagani join forces in this graphic adaptation to give new life to Lila and Lenù, two characters who already have a historic place in literature. The two artists manage to shed light from new angles to Elena Ferrante's most iconic work, a jewel of contemporary literature that has dazzled millions of readers around the world.