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The Lying Life of Adults
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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 takes 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. But neither city seems to offer her any answers.
This powerful new novel set in a divided Naples by bestselling author Elena Ferrante is a singular portrait of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood.
Giovanna's search takes 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. But neither city seems to offer her any answers.
This powerful new novel set in a divided Naples by bestselling author Elena Ferrante is a singular portrait of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood.
- ISBN:
- 9781609455910
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-01
- Publisher:
- Europa Editions
- Language:
- English
- Page Count:
- 322
- Size:
- 9.5" l x 6.5" w x 1.0" h
Info
- Fiction
Category
- Family Life
- Coming of Age
- Literary
Subject