Adèle: A Novel - Couverture souple

Slimani, Leila

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143132180 ISBN 13 : 9780143132189

Editeur : Penguin Books, 2019

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“No man would have dared write what she did. It's an extraordinary first novel.” —Alain Mabanckou, author of Black Moses and judge for the La Mamounia Prize

“Eminently relatable . . . Artful, edgy . . . An unflinching exploration of female self-sacrifice and the elusive nature of satisfaction.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Shocking . . . A brave choice for the international panel of judges [of the La Mamounia Prize] . . . [It] somehow slipped passed Moroccan censors, but it's a safe bet no Moroccan publisher would have dared print it.” —The Irish Times

“Written in prose of elegant but never bloodless neutrality . . . [Adèle] leads readers through the labyrinth of desire into an understanding of solitude, isolation and the search for authenticity as our common fate.” —The Independent (London)

“Displays an undeniable literary power.” —L'Express (France)

Acclaim for Leila Slimani:

“If you are a mother, whatever kind of mother you aspire to be, you’ll know what kind of mother you are after reading Slimani. If you are not a mother, the insights that she administers can be no less jolting. . . . Like Jenny Offill, Slimani can write ravishingly of female bodies.” —Lauren Collins, The New Yorker

“In Slimani’s hands, the unthinkable becomes art.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air

“Slimani is an astute observer of power politics in the home.” —John Freeman, The Boston Globe

“Slimani writes devastatingly perceptive character studies.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny, her prizewinning novel about a sex-addicted woman in Paris

She wants only one thing: to be wanted.

Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beautiful apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But underneath the surface, she is bored--and consumed by an insatiable need for sex.

Driven less by pleasure than compulsion, Adèle organizes her day around her extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making. Suspenseful, erotic, and electrically charged, Adèle is a captivating exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman's quest to feel alive.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0143132180
• ISBN 13: 9780143132189
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240