#the lying life of adults

[maaarine]

we may not know who Elena Ferrante is

but we can guess that she went through it with leftist fuckboys and is now seeking revenge

#elena ferrante #the lying life of adults #my brilliant friend #la vita bugiarda degli adulti #l'amica geniale #mytxt

[celestialdryad]

#la vita bugiarda degli adulti #the lying life of adults #interior design #80s

[therefugeofbooks]

Last year I read The Neapolitan Novels, and I loved all four volumes. Now I’m starting The Lying Life of Adults with high expectations.

#booklr #books #book photography #elena ferrante #the lying life of adults #a vida mentirosa dos adultos #books and coffee #read in 2023 #the refuge of books

[idyllisysm]

i think i might be back on here …for good? here’s something amazing i’ve been reading

#i really hope so bc i miss it #books #bookblr #studyblr #study #reading #light academia #elena ferrante #the lying life of adults #reading aesthetic #academia #summer reading #literature #literature aesthetic

[kendalls-roy]

La vita bugiarda degli adulti | The Lying Life of Adults (2023)

#italiansedit #tvedit #userstream #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #elena ferrante #the lying life of adults #la vita bugiarda degli adulti #mine

[delistravaganza]

Hi! Can I ask you a “Ferrante question”? What do you think of the Lying Life of Adults, do you watched and/or read it? I read it and didn’t like it very much.

Ferrante questions are always very welcome!

I think we already talked about this though? Here's my post about The Lying Life of Adults.

I watched the show but I wasn't impressed. The 90's Neapolitan details felt colorful, and the music was definitely a choice ("Sant Antooonio nemico del demoniooooo"). I even got a better picture of what it was to live in Naples, as a city, than what I got while watching MBF (which mainly shows the rione). The actors were okay, and it was nice to see Giovanni Buselli.

But the story... I don't know, it was never that compelling to begin with. Giovanna is experimenting with being a bad girl, so what? She barely does anything besides skipping class and touching some people a tiny bit. The brother and sister have a long-term feud, so what? They barely solve anything. The parents get separated and they're not dealing well, so what? Both felt very unrelatable somehow.

Still, I'll always be surprised at the cold reception that both the book and the series got (considering that this is Ferrante and thousands of people bought it anyway).

Ferrante herself has refused to continue the story for now (she left it open on purpose), calling it "un garbuglio" more than a novel. Maybe if the story would've been continued, we would've seen more of the perspective of the mother, the friend, the aunt, etc., which was probably the idea.

I have the feeling that Ferrante is going to be way more cautious now with starting new sagas, and may dedicate herself to completing and reflecting on her former works for some time. TLLOA was probably the product of an editor demanding a new, powerful book in the line of MBF, which had been so lucky in finding its audience.

#the lying life of adults #la vita bugiarda degli adulti #elena ferrante #my brilliant friend #l'amica geniale

[lasaraconor]

#the lying life of adults #la vie mensongère des adultes #elena ferrante #valeria golino #vittoria #giordana marengo #giovannna #la vita bugiarda degli adulti #gif

[deadpoetsmusings]

elena ferrante never misses 

#now lets see if the adaptation hits as well #elena ferrante #books #ann goldstein #translation #bookblr #the lying life of adults #my posts #read #book photos #europa editions #booklr #book photography #literature #litblr #reading

[weirdgirlification]

how else is one meant to interpret this. tell me.

#the lying life of adults

[new-york-no-shoes]

Just randomly thought about this quote from The Lying Life of Adults, “oh, if I really could get lost, I thought at one point, leave myself somewhere, like an umbrella, and never have anything more to do with me.”And now I’m SOBBING about Elena Ferrante at 3am…as one does

#personal #Elena Ferrante #the lying life of adults

[mottelotte]

Is it so easy—I thought—to die in the life of the people we can’t live without?

Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life if Adults.

#elena ferrante #the lying life of adults

[maaarine]

The Lying Life of Adults (La vita bugiarda degli adulti) 1x06

#the lying life of adults #la vita bugiarda degli adulti #television

[ijustreallylikeher]

A few months ago I read this book where a character described God as a push inside a dark room. That even though in the darkness there's only the vacuum of emptiness, there's still the push. And that, that paradox is God.

I think about that a lot and find it sort of comforting. I think I could choose to believe in something like that.

#existential thoughts #what are we doing here #the lying life of adults #personal

[therefugeofbooks]

i dressed up to read one chapter outside and drink a caramel latte

#booklr #books #book photography #elena ferrante #the lying life of adults #a vida mentirosa dos adultos #books and readers #it's a me! #books and coffee #the refuge of books

[thelunaerian]

i’m reading the lying life of adults and it’s so good and i’m nearly finished but i don’t wanna be because it’s such a great book and i’m gonna be so sad and depressed and lost when i finish it and i just don’t want the story to end cause it’s so fucking good. help

#im having a crisis #i had a feeling about this book. something was telling me that it would be just as good as i expected #i was right. #but now i’m depressed cause i don’t wanna to end. wish the story was never ending 🥺 #elena ferrante #the lying life of adults

[confessionsofacommonreader]

I'm not wise, but I read a lot of novels.

Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

#the lying life of adults