The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante
Sep 2020 Ā· Penguin Random House Audio Ā· Narrated by Marisa Tomei
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A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, theĀ New York TimesĀ best-selling author ofĀ My Brilliant FriendĀ andĀ The Lost Daughter.
āThereās no doubt [the publication ofĀ The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.āāElleĀ
Giovannaās pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is.
Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: a Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and a Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between both in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape.
Named one of 2016ās most influential people by TIME Magazine and frequently touted as a future Nobel Prize-winner, Elena Ferrante has become one of the worldās most read and beloved writers. With this novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Ferrante proves once again that she deserves her many accolades. InĀ The Lying Life of Adults, listeners will discover another gripping, highly addictive, and totally unforgettable Neapolitan story.
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020
The New York Times Book ReviewĀ ć» VogueĀ ć» Entertainment WeeklyĀ ć» ELLE MagazineĀ ć» BuzzFeed ć»Ā The MillionsĀ ć» The Seattle TimesĀ ć» USA TodayĀ ć» Town & CountryĀ ć» ThrillistĀ ć» Publishers WeeklyĀ ć» Library JournalĀ ć» Harper's BazaarĀ ć» BookPageĀ ć» Literary HubĀ ć» BBC Culture
A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, theĀ New York TimesĀ best-selling author ofĀ My Brilliant FriendĀ andĀ The Lost Daughter.
āThereās no doubt [the publication ofĀ The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.āāElleĀ
Giovannaās pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is.
Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: a Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and a Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between both in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape.
Named one of 2016ās most influential people by TIME Magazine and frequently touted as a future Nobel Prize-winner, Elena Ferrante has become one of the worldās most read and beloved writers. With this novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Ferrante proves once again that she deserves her many accolades. InĀ The Lying Life of Adults, listeners will discover another gripping, highly addictive, and totally unforgettable Neapolitan story.
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020
The New York Times Book ReviewĀ ć» VogueĀ ć» Entertainment WeeklyĀ ć» ELLE MagazineĀ ć» BuzzFeed ć»Ā The MillionsĀ ć» The Seattle TimesĀ ć» USA TodayĀ ć» Town & CountryĀ ć» ThrillistĀ ć» Publishers WeeklyĀ ć» Library JournalĀ ć» Harper's BazaarĀ ć» BookPageĀ ć» Literary HubĀ ć» BBC Culture
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August 29, 2020
It is a very nice book ive ever read so far, and i cannot wait for people to read it, it is very niceš»
About the author
Elena FerranteĀ is the author ofĀ The Days of AbandonmentĀ (Europa, 2005), which was made into a film directed by Roberto Faenza,Ā Troubling LoveĀ (Europa, 2006), adapted by Mario Martone, andĀ The Lost DaughterĀ (Europa, 2008), soon to be a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She is also the author ofĀ Frantumaglia: A Writerās JourneyĀ (Europa, 2016) in which she recounts her experience as a novelist, and a childrenās picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri,Ā The Beach at NightĀ (Europa, 2016). The four volumes known as the āNeapolitan quartetā (My Brilliant Friend,Ā The Story of a New Name,Ā Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, andĀ The Story of the Lost Child) were published in America by Europa between 2012 and 2015. The first season of the HBO seriesĀ My Brilliant Friend, directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in 2018.
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