With her Naples tetralogy about the friendship of the unlikely girls Lenù and Lila, Elena Ferrante achieved a surprise success that became a worldwide phenomenon. This was also helped by the fact that the true identity of the pseudonymous author is still not clear. In November, a new novel by the Italian is to appear, as the publisher Edizioni E / O announced in a terse tweet.
Siamo lieti di annunciare che il nuovo romanzo di Elena Ferrante sarà in libreria il 7 novembre 2019.
- Edizioni E / O (@EdizioniEO) September 9, 2019It only states that the novel will be published on the 7th of November. Which title he will wear, the publisher did not announce. At least Edizioni E / O's publisher Europa Editions published the first paragraph translated into English.
It turns out that the story is back in Naples - the lines also suggest that again a writing woman will be the narrator. When the novel appears in German, is not yet clear. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the Suhrkamp publishing house on request from SPIEGEL.
It begins like this. #ElenaFranrante #NewNovel Translated by Ann Goldstein. pic.twitter.com/wHoNW5yBB2
- Europe Editions (@EuropeEditions) September 9, 2019Elena Ferrante's Naples Tetralogy from "My Ingenious Girlfriend" (read the reviews of four SPIEGEL editors here) and three episodes was a global success. According to the Suhrkamp publishing house, including the e-book and three issues so far published in the paperback, the German edition alone sold 1.8 million copies. In October 2016, the Italian investigative journalist Claudio Gatti wrote that a translator is hiding behind Ferrante. This was never confirmed.
More than two years ago, the US cable channel HBO had announced the filming of literary world success. In May, the first season of "Meine geniale Freundin" was started on the German streaming platform Magenta TV.
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