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
