An erotic and daring story - with electrically clear writing - this masterclass in wire-taut literary terror from the author of the chilling Lullaby will captivate readers with its exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman's quest to feel alive.
Adele appears to have the perfect life.
A respected journalist, she lives in a flawless Parisian apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', she is bored - and consumed by an insatiable need for sex, whatever the cost.
Struggling to contain the twin forces of compulsion and desire, she begins to orchestrate her life around her one night stands and 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.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571331963
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 156 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 15 mm
Edition: Main
Leila Slimani’s first novel Lullaby was one of the most interesting and thought provoking novels of 2018. With Adele, we get to see her matter-of-fact , detached prose and storytelling. It is one woman’s path to... More
Having loved the previous published book by Leila, Lullaby, there was no way I was not going to be begging a review copy of this...
I started the novel with high expectations the instant the postman delivered it &...
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Adele is the story of a woman who is consumed by her need to thrill others and, in doing so, escape from her bourgeois existence as a wife, mother and journalist. It is short, sharply written and intriguingly... More
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