The Lying Life of Adults

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<p><strong>"AN INCENDIARY PORTRAIT OF THE VOLCANIC CURRENTS OF SEX AND BETRAYAL."-<em>Mail on Sunday</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF <em>MY BRILLIANT FRIEND</em></strong></p><p><strong>A BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick </strong></p><p><strong>BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 - SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR</strong></p><p><strong>Soon to be a NETFLIX original series</strong></p><p><strong>28M OF ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS SLOD WORLDWIDE</strong></p><p></p><p>Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own?</p><p>Giovanna's search leads her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates between these two cities, falling into one then climbing back to the other.</p><p>Set in a divided Naples, <em>The Lying Life of Adults</em> is a singular portrayal of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood.</p><p></p><p><strong>A <em>SUNDAY TIMES</em> BESTSELLER</strong></p><p><strong>"This is no amiable coming-of-age tale... the most intense writing about the experiences and interior life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood that I have ever read. It is brilliant."-<em>The Financial Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>"An astonishing, deeply moving tale."-<em>The Guardian </em></strong></p><p><strong>"Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping."-<em>The Daily Mail</em></strong></p><p><strong>WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:</strong></p><p><strong>"Brilliant as always."-Jan on Amazon</strong></p><p><strong>"A tightly crafted and gripping story."-Maxwell on Goodreads</strong></p><p><strong>"Excellent book. My only complaint was

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781787702400

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

225 x 154 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Verlag / Hersteller

Europa Editions UK Ltd