{"product_id":"incidental-inventions-9781609455583","title":"Incidental Inventions","description":"\u003cp\u003eElena Ferrante is the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, now an HBO original series. Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called \"one of the great novelists of our time\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me . . . I have written as an author of novels, taking on matters that are important to me and that--if I have the will and the time--I'd like to develop within real narrative mechanisms.\" With these words, Elena Ferrante bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper. For a full year, she wrote weekly articles, the subjects of which had been suggested by \u003cem\u003eGuardian \u003c\/em\u003eeditors, making the writing process a sort of prolonged interlocution. The subjects ranged from first love to climate change, from enmity among women to the experience of seeing her novels adapted for film and TV. Translated by Ann Goldstein, the acclaimed translator of Ferrante's novels, and accompanied by Andrea Ucini's intelligent, witty, and beautiful illustrations, this volume is a must for all curious readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElena Ferrante\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Days of Abandonment\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2005), which was made into a film directed by Roberto Faenza, \u003cem\u003eTroubling Love\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2006), adapted by Mario Martone, and \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2008), soon to be a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eIncidental Inventions\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2019), illustrated by Andrea Ucini, \u003cem\u003eFrantumaglia: A Writer's Journey\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2016) and a children's picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, \u003cem\u003eThe Beach at Night\u003c\/em\u003e (Europa, 2016). The four volumes known as the \"Neapolitan quartet\" (\u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of a New Name\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Lost Child\u003c\/em\u003e) were published by Europa Editions in English between 2012 and 2015. \u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/em\u003e, the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557068509458,"sku":"9781609455583","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c84ebff-ee62-4d46-99bb-fe72eb17c24d.jpg?v=1731770018","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/incidental-inventions-9781609455583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}