Adèle A Novel
Adèle A Novel by Leila Slimani, published by Penguin Publishing Group on January 15, 2019, is a 240-page exploration of modern womanhood and the complexities of desire. The narrative follows Adèle, a successful journalist in Paris who seemingly leads a perfect life with her husband and young son. However, beneath this facade lies a profound boredom and an overwhelming compulsion for sexual encounters that disrupt her daily life.
Readers will find a suspenseful and erotic portrayal of addiction as Adèle navigates her extramarital affairs, leading to a web of lies and personal turmoil. The book delves into themes of sexuality and the quest for fulfillment, offering a psychological perspective on the challenges faced by women in contemporary society. This edition presents Slimani’s incisive storytelling in English, inviting readers to engage with the intricacies of Adèle’s life and the societal expectations that shape her choices.
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“Fascinating . . . Adèle has glanced at the covenant of modern womanhood–the idea that you can have it all or should at least die trying–and detonated it.” —The New York Times Book Review
“[A] fierce, uncanny thunderbolt of a book.” —Entertainment Weekly
From the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny–one of the 10 Best Books of the Year of The New York Times Book Review–as well as Sex and Lies and In the Country of Others, 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.
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