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The Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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“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 SLOD 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 ... Read more

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.

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 Goodreads

“Fans of Elena Ferrante will not be disappointed.”—Lesley on Amazon

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Product Details

Publisher
Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781787702363
SKU
9781787702363
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008), and the four novels known as the Neapolitan Quartet (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, and The Story of the Lost Child) which were published by Europa Editions between ... Read more

Reviews for The Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
"Modern, urgent, truthful."
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
The Telegraph
"Elena Ferrante is an expert chronicler of adolescence and its many indignities, as well as its erratic, overwhelming passions."
The Observer
"Ferrante is unbeatable at pulling you inside the mind of a teenage girl, making you see how everything that looks irrational from the outside - the moods, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Lying Life of Adults: A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER


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