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The lying life of adults / Elena Ferrante ; Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF FERR	Adult Fiction		Chester Hill .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781787702400 (paperback)
Name	Ferrante, Elena author.
Title	The lying life of adults / Elena Ferrante ; Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Published	London : Europa Editions, 2020.
Published	©2020
Description	322 pages ; 23 cm
Summary	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.
Language note	Translated from the Italian.
Subjects	Young women -- Fiction
	City and town life -- Fiction
	Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
	Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
	Naples (Italy) -- Fiction
Other Names	Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: City and town life -- Fiction . Fathers and daughters -- Fiction . Naples (Italy) -- Fiction . Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction . Young women -- Fiction . Authors: Ferrante, Elena . Goldstein, Ann, 1949- .