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The lying life of adults, Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

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The lying life of adults, Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

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eng

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fiction

Main title

The lying life of adults

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Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

Summary

Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own? Giovanna's search takes her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates between these two cities, falling into one then climbing back to the other. But neither city seems to offer her any answers

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general

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