by Elena Ferrante · tapa dura · ISBN 9781609455910
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«The Lying Life of Adults» is the novel by Elena Ferrante published by Europa Editions in hardcover, with 324 pages, in English.
Giovanna, a young Neapolitan woman, sees her identity waver as she discovers the contradictions of her family and of the city where she lives. The novel follows her passage into adulthood between two Naples and two ways of understanding relationships, appearance and belonging, with the social and generational tension that runs through every bond.
The English edition was published in 2020; the Italian original, «La vita bugiarda degli adulti», appeared in 2019 and the translation is by Ann Goldstein.
Readers of contemporary fiction and coming-of-age stories, as well as those seeking a novel with a strong Neapolitan atmosphere.
Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of Neapolitan Novels are her most widely known works. Time magazine called Ferrante one of the 100 most influential people in 2016.
