Review

In The Lying Life of Adults, bestselling Italian writer Elena Ferrante explores the lifelong lies we tell ourselves

By Alison Booth
January 23 2021 - 12:00am
Elena Ferrante's novels use Naples as their setting. Picture: Shutterstock
Elena Ferrante's novels use Naples as their setting. Picture: Shutterstock
  • The Lying Life of Adults, by Elena Ferrante. Europa Editions, $32.99.

The Lying Life of Adults is the long-anticipated new novel by Italian novelist Elena Ferrante, best-selling author of the Neapolitan Quartet.

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