OPEN A BOOK,OPEN THE WORLD
作者：Ferrante, Elena/ Goldstein, Ann(tr.)
出版日期：2024.09.12
ISBN：9781787703124
書號：20316358
裝訂：平裝
定價：$480
那不勒斯有兩個世界。
上流、高貴、體面的上層區Rione Alto；言語粗鄙暴力、罪惡與汙穢橫流的山腳區。
喬凡娜自認是個好孩子，直到向來寡言的父親說她越來越像維多莉亞。
不經意間聽到的這句話，令喬凡娜驚駭不已，她向來聰明努力、乖巧懂事，自己究竟和這位維多莉亞—被視為恥辱、離經叛道的父親家族成員，有什麼相似之處？
喬凡娜決定，她要親眼看看這位眾人唾棄的親戚。她離開了父母用心維護的Rione Alto生活，踏入了父親逃離的山腳，那不勒斯下城區。與維多莉亞的初見並不溫馨，兩人矛盾激烈，針鋒相對，卻也一步步揭開家族的真相，讓她意識到，自己以為的現實，不過是道貌岸然的大人們一層層編織出的謊言。於是，那不勒斯的兩個世界也逐漸融合，再也不是她過去認為的，如此涇渭分明、如此割裂。
“AN INCENDIARY PORTRAIT OF THE VOLCANIC CURRENTS OF SEX AND BETRAYAL.”―Mail on Sunday
THE INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIEND
A BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 – SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
Soon to be a NETFLIX original series
Giovanna’s pretty face has changed: it’s turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own?
Giovanna’s search leads her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates between these two cities, falling into one then climbing back to the other.
Set in a divided Naples, The Lying Life of Adults is a singular portrayal of the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood.
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
“This is no amiable coming-of-age tale… the most intense writing about the experiences and interior life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood that I have ever read. It is brilliant.”―The Financial Times
“An astonishing, deeply moving tale.”―The Guardian
“Ferrante confronts female sexual awakening with such an absence of romantic enchantment it leaves you gasping.”―The Daily Mail
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
“Brilliant as always.”―Jan on Amazon
“A tightly crafted and gripping story.”―Maxwell on Goodreads
“Excellent book. My only complaint was that it ended too soon!”―Mhairi on Amazon
“I woke up eagerly looking forward to reading more of this novel every single day.”―Violet on Goodreads
“Fans of Elena Ferrante will not be disappointed.”―Lesley on Amazon
