The lying life of adults /
Ferrante, Elena
The lying life of adults / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - 322 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published as La vita bugiarda degli adulti in 2019 by Edizioni e/o.
"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."--Provided by publisher
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Teenage girls--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Social classes--Italy--Naples--Fiction.
Body image in adolescence--Fiction.
Adolescentes--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Identité (Psychologie)--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Parents et enfants--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Secrets de famille--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Classes sociales--Italie--Naples--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Image du corps chez l'adolescent--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION--Literary.
FICTION--Family Life--General.
FICTION--Coming of Age.
Teenage girls.
Social classes.
Parent and child.
Identity (Psychology)
Family secrets.
Body image in adolescence.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
Italy--Naples.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Italian fiction--Translations into English.
Psychological fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
PQ4866.E6345 / V5813 2020
853.914 / FER/L
The lying life of adults / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - 322 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published as La vita bugiarda degli adulti in 2019 by Edizioni e/o.
"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."--Provided by publisher
9781609455910 1609455916
2022513674
GBC047792 bnb GBC047793 bnb
019758465 Uk 019758466 Uk
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Social classes--Italy--Naples--Fiction.
Body image in adolescence--Fiction.
Adolescentes--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Identité (Psychologie)--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Parents et enfants--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Secrets de famille--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Classes sociales--Italie--Naples--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Image du corps chez l'adolescent--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION--Literary.
FICTION--Family Life--General.
FICTION--Coming of Age.
Teenage girls.
Social classes.
Parent and child.
Identity (Psychology)
Family secrets.
Body image in adolescence.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
Italy--Naples.
Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Italian fiction--Translations into English.
Psychological fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
PQ4866.E6345 / V5813 2020
853.914 / FER/L