The Lying Life of Adults

The Lying Life of Adults (Italian: La vita bugiarda degli adulti) is a novel by Elena Ferrante.

The Lying Life of Adults
Cover of first edition (Italy)
AuthorElena Ferrante
Audio read byAnna Bonaiuto[1]
Original titleLa vita bugiarda degli adulti
TranslatorAnn Goldstein
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Set inNaples
PublisherEdizioni e/o
Publication date
7 November 2019[2]
Published in English
1 September 2020
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages336
ISBN9788833571683
OCLC1128092847

Synopsis

In Naples in the early 1990s, twelve-year-old Giovanna Trada overhears her father Andrea disparagingly liken her appearance to that of his estranged sister Vittoria. This sends Giovanna into a search for Vittoria on another side of Naples to discover the nature of the family's fallout.

Publication

The novel was first published in Italy in November 2019 by Edizioni e/o, published as part of their Dal Mondo series.[3] An English translation by Ann Goldstein was scheduled to be published by Europa Editions on 9 June 2020, but was postponed to 1 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6][7] The English translation debuted at number two on The New York Times fiction best-seller list.[8]

Reception

In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews praised Goldstein's "fluid" translation and wrote, "Giovanna's nascent sexuality is more frankly explored than that of previous Ferrante protagonists".[9]

Publishers Weekly called Giovanna a "winning character" but nonetheless wrote that the novel "feels minor in comparison to Ferrante's previous work".[10]

Television adaptation

In May 2020, Netflix announced it would be adapting The Lying Life of Adults into a television series in collaboration with Italy's Fandango production company.[11][12][13][14]

References
  1. "La vita bugiarda degli adulti - Elena Ferrante". www.edizionieo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. "Elena Ferrante, il nuovo romanzo si chiama "La vita bugiarda degli adulti". In libreria il 7 novembre". la Repubblica (in Italian). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. "La vita bugiarda degli adulti - Elena Ferrante". www.edizionieo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. "The Lying Life of Adults - Elena Ferrante". Europa Editions. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. Cowdrey, Katherine (7 April 2020). "Europa Editions postpones Ferrante's new novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  6. Bussel, Rachel Kramer (31 October 2019). "New Elena Ferrante Novel 'The Lying Life Of Adults' To Be Published By Europa Editions in 2020". Forbes. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  7. Winik, Marion (31 August 2020). "Elena Ferrante returns with 'The Lying Life of Adults,' and fans of the Neapolitan novels will be thrilled". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction - Best Sellers". The New York Times. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  9. "The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante ; translated by Ann Goldstein". Kirkus Reviews. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  10. "Fiction Book Review: The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante, trans from the Italian by Ann Goldstein". Publishers Weekly. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  11. Vivarelli, Nick (12 May 2020). "Elena Ferrante's 'Lying Life of Adults' to Be Adapted by Netflix, Italy's Fandango". Variety. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  12. Davies, Hannah J (12 May 2020). "Netflix to adapt Elena Ferrante's The Lying Life of Adults". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  13. Romano, Nick (12 May 2020). "Netflix is adapting new Elena Ferrante book before its even out". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  14. Wiseman, Andreas (12 May 2020). "Netflix & Italy's Fandango To Develop Series Based On Elena Ferrante's 'The Lying Life Of Adults'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.


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