(Ebook) The Lying Life Of Adults by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein ISBN 9781609455927, 1609455924

(Ebook) The Lying Life Of Adults by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein ISBN 9781609455927, 1609455924

In this powerful novel set in a divided Naples by Elena Ferrante, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend, fourteen-year-old Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another."Always, Ferrante’s fiction reminds us that sometimes you need someone else to help gather the scattered fragments of your existence."  -  Merve Emre, The AtlanticGiovanna’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."Ferrante revisits previously explored themes - violence against women, female friendships, the corrosive effects of class disparities - albeit in a more rarified sector of Naples (the privileged “upper” neighbourhood of Rione Alto) than in her earlier Neapolitan Quartet. Goldstein’s fluid translation once again allows readers into the head of a young woman recalling with precision and emotion a series of events which lead to a point of confession."   -   Kirkus ReviewsWith this new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Elena 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.