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Availability:In StockContributor:Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator)Publish date:2020-09-01Pages:324
Language:EnglishPublisher:Europa EditionsISBN-13:9781609455910ISBN-10:1609455916UPC:9781609455910Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Family Life, Coming of AgeAward:2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist - Fiction AwardSize:9.00 x 6.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC7WBDEPVZ

A NEW YORK TIMES & NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A BEST BOOK OF 2020
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A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. Soon to be a NETFLIX Original Series.

"Another spellbinding coming-of-age tale from a master."--People Magazine, Top 10 Books of 2020

Giovanna's 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 her 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: Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves from one to the other in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape.

Named one of 2016's most influential people by TIME Magazine and frequently touted as a future Nobel Prize-winner, Elena Ferrante has become one of the world's most read and beloved writers. With this new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Ferrante proves once again that she deserves her many accolades. In The Lying Life of Adults, readers will discover another gripping, highly addictive, and totally unforgettable Neapolitan story.

"There's no doubt the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year."--ELLE Magazine

Language:EnglishPublisher:Europa EditionsISBN-13:9781609455910ISBN-10:1609455916UPC:9781609455910Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Family Life, Coming of AgeAward:2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist - Fiction AwardSize:9.00 x 6.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC7WBDEPVZ
Goldstein, Ann: -

Ann Goldstein has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante's books, including the New York Times bestseller, The Story of the Lost Child, which was shortlisted for the MAN Booker International Prize. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.

Ferrante, Elena: -

Elena Ferrante is the author of The Days of Abandonment (Europa, 2005), which was made into a film directed by Roberto Faenza, Troubling Love (Europa, 2006), adapted by Mario Martone, and The Lost Daughter (Europa, 2008), soon to be a film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She is also the author of Incidental Inventions (Europa, 2019), illustrated by Andrea Ucini, Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey (Europa, 2016) and a children's picture book illustrated by Mara Cerri, The Beach at Night (Europa, 2016). The four volumes 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) were published by Europa Editions in English between 2012 and 2015. My Brilliant Friend, the HBO series directed by Saverio Costanzo, premiered in 2018.

Publisher: Europa Editions

Awards

🏆 2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist - Fiction Award

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