The Lying Life of Adults

　　‧紐約時報暢銷作《那不勒斯故事四部曲》作者、被譽為諾貝爾文學獎最有力候補的艾琳娜．斐蘭德，再次深度刻畫關於女孩如何踏入少女最終變成女人，這段最深切的成長

 

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　　Giovanna的長相一直在變醜，而且越來越像她那個很糟糕的嬸嬸Vittoria，至少她爸是這樣說的。可是這有可能嗎？Giovanna真的在默默變成她的嬸嬸嗎？而且這個嬸嬸她還沒怎麼見過，只知道爸爸媽媽非常瞧不起她。

 

　　為了找尋自己真實的面貌，一直以來都是乖乖牌好學生的Giovanna決定從高貴上流、有教養這側的那不勒斯，孤身一人，來到深不可測、龍蛇混雜又低俗的那不勒斯，只為尋找並了解Vittoria嬸嬸。這一體兩面的那不勒斯，各自屬於富人與窮人的世界，彼此憎恨又彼此恐懼，Giovanna穿梭於其中，卻沒有一處可以給予她答案或是讓她安身。在這迷茫的現實，與即將揭曉的那些關於大人們習以為常的謊言中，Giovanna如何找到自己？又如何成為自己生命的真正主宰呢？

 

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　　A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter

 

　　“There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.”—Elle Magazine 

 

　　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.

 

　　Named one of 2016’s most influential people by TIME Magazine and frequently touted as a future Nobel Prize-winner, Elena Ferrante has become one of the world’s most read and beloved writers. With this new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Ferrante proves once again that she deserves her many accolades. In The Lying Life of Adults, readers will discover another gripping, highly addictive, and totally unforgettable Neapolitan story.

作者簡介

 

艾琳娜．斐蘭德（Elena Ferrante）

 

　　出生於義大利的那不勒斯，行事低調，真實姓名保密到家，也從不在媒體露面，但作品依舊廣受世界各地讀者歡迎。

 

　　斐蘭德以女性成長故事著稱。第一部小說作品《不安的愛》（L'amore molesto, 1992）描寫女插畫家返鄉調查母親之死，後來被改編為電影。讓斐蘭德的好文筆更廣為人知的第二本小說作品《放任時期》（I giorni dell'abbandono, 2002），費時十年才發表，敘述單親媽媽如何面對空虛的人生。

 

　　從2011年陸續出版的小說【那不勒斯故事】四部曲，描寫女作家與童年好友的故事，內容廣及十個家族與六十年的生命歷程。這系列自2012年陸續推出英譯本後，讓斐蘭德成為國際書市上的熱門作家，並獲選為《金融時報》2015年度女性、《時代雜誌》2016年百大影響人物；該系列的第四集入圍2016年曼布克國際文學獎決選名單。