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The Lying Life of Adults (La vita bugiarda degli adulti) by Elena Ferrante — book review
“L’amore è opaco come i vetri delle finestre dei cessi.” (I’m no Ann Goldstein but the above quote can be roughly translated to: “Love is as opaque as the windows of a shit-house”). In this latest novel by Elena Ferrante, La Vita Bugiarda degli Adulti (or The Lying Life of Adults in its English translation)…
1990s, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, Ann Goldstein, beauty, bilingual review, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, CHILDHOOD, coming of age, elena ferrante, family, growing up, identity, Italian Author, Italy, La vita bugiarda degli adulti, LITERARY FICTION, Naples, psychological, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, read in Italian, SEXUALITY, teen angst, terrific prose, The Lying Life of Adults