Culture | New Italian fiction
Elena Ferrante returns to Naples, and to familiar themes
“The Lying Life of Adults” is a dark coming-of-age tale about sexism and self-determination
The Lying Life of Adults. By Elena Ferrante. Translated by Ann Goldstein.Europa; 324 pages; $26 and £20.
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