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Elena Ferrante

Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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In "The Lying Life of Adults," Elena Ferrante explores the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood in a divided Naples, portraying the inner life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood with intensity and absence of romantic enchantment. The book is a BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick, British Book Awards 2021 - Shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year, and is soon to be a Netflix original series.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 01 July 2021
Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd



"AN INCENDIARY PORTRAIT OF THE VOLCANIC CURRENTS OF SEX AND BETRAYAL." - Mail on Sunday

THE INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIEND

A BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick

BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 - SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

Soon to be a NETFLIX original series

18M OF ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE

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?

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 and then climbing back to the other.

Set in a divided Naples, The Lying Life of Adults is a singular portrayal of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood.

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

"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." - The Financial Times

"An astonishing, deeply moving tale." - The Guardian

"Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping." - The Daily Mail

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

"Brilliant as always." - Jan on Amazon

"A tightly crafted and gripping story." - Maxwell on Goodreads

"Excellent book. My only complaint was that it ended too soon!" - Mhairi on Amazon

"I woke up eagerly looking forward to reading more of this novel every single day." - Violet on.

Weight: 238g
Dimension: 128 x 196 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787703124

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