by Elena Ferrante · Editions Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782072899218
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«La vie mensongère des adultes» is Elena Ferrante's coming-of-age novel, published by Editions Gallimard in paperback (403 pages, in French).
Giovanna, an only child of teachers, grows up in the upper part of Naples. At twelve, a comment from her father compares her to her aunt Vittoria, a woman of bad reputation, and pushes her to investigate the family past. Meeting her aunt in the poor neighbourhoods, she discovers another Naples and the lies and hypocrisies of the adult world.
Originally published in Italian in 2019 as «La vita bugiarda degli adulti», this 2020 French edition, translated by Elsa Damien, belongs to the Du monde entier collection.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and coming-of-age novels set in Italy.
Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of Neapolitan Novels are her most widely known works. Time magazine called Ferrante one of the 100 most influential people in 2016.
