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Barcode30293101848302
LocationClark County
Call NoF Ferr
TitleThe lying life of adults / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
AuthorFerrante, Elena
CollectionF
Total Circ1
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293101848302F Ferr10/19/2020 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781609455910 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1609455916 (hardcover)
Personal Name Ferrante, Elena
Uniform Title Vita bugiarda degli adulti. English
Title Statement The lying life of adults / Elena Ferrante ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2020.
Physical Description 322 pages ; 24 cm.
General Note Originally published in Italian as La vita bugiarda degli adulti: Rome : Edizioni e/o, 2019.
Summary, Etc. "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.
Language note Translated from the Italian.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Teenage girls Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Identity (Psychology) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Parent and child Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Family secrets Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Body image in adolescence Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Social classes Italy Naples Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Naples (Italy) Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Domestic fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Bildungsromans.
Added Entry, Personal Name Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.

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