· Elena Ferrante is one of my favorite contemporary writers. In the Lying Life of Adults, she explores themes familiar to readers of the Neapolitan quartet: class, gender, adolescent angst, female friendship, and human hypocrisy. However, her great strength is her ability to depict her protagonist's inner world in a painfully honest manner/5. The Lying Life of Adults () by Elena Ferrante is a work of fiction. Set in Naples, Italy, the narrative is a coming-of-age story, also known as a bildungsroman, told by Giovanna Trada. Giovanna details her adolescence from 13 to 16 years of age and the growing pains she endured while searching for . “The Lying Life of Adults is a gripping novel about coping with change and creating the closure you need to move forward.”—ForeWord Reviews “With the publication of The Lying Life of Adults, we see an author at her peak.”—Asymptote Magazine “Ferrante has a gift, perhaps even a genius, for making great literature out of melodrama.”—/5(K).
"With the publication of The Lying Life of Adults, we see an author at her peak."—Asymptote Magazine "Ferrante has a gift, perhaps even a genius, for making great literature out of melodrama."—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker. INTERNATIONAL PRAISE FOR THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS "Elena Ferrante is so good [. THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS By Elena Ferrante. What a relief it is when an author who has written a masterpiece returns to prove the gift intact. Was it ever in question for Elena Ferrante, the. Our Reading Guide for The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante includes Book Club Discussion Questions, Book Reviews, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio.
Elena Ferrante’s new novel The Lying Life of Adults follows its narrator, Giovanna, as she navigates the first few years of adolescence in s Naples. Growing into a body that feels dangerous and unfamiliar—at times repulsive, at others powerfully provocative—Giovanna finds herself torn between truth and lies, and fashions herself out of both. The Lying. “With the publication of The Lying Life of Adults, we see an author at her peak.”—Asymptote Magazine “Ferrante has a gift, perhaps even a genius, for making great literature out of melodrama.”—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker. INTERNATIONAL PRAISE FOR THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS “Elena Ferrante is so good [. The Lying Life of Adults () by Elena Ferrante is a work of fiction. Set in Naples, Italy, the narrative is a coming-of-age story, also known as a bildungsroman, told by Giovanna Trada. Giovanna details her adolescence from 13 to 16 years of age and the growing pains she endured while searching for identity and autonomy.
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