Join us for an all-star celebration of Elena Ferrante and her new novel The Lying Life of Adults.  Ann Goldstein, English translator of Ferrante's books, and Michael Reynolds, Ferrante's English publisher, will be joined in conversation by Danny Caine, Raven Book Store owner and Ferrante evangelist. Don't miss this amazing discussion with the two people responsible for bringing Ferrante to the USA!

A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter.

“There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.”—ELLE Magazine

Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into her Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is.

Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves from one to the other in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape.

Named one of 2016’s most influential people by TIME Magazine and frequently touted as a future Nobel Prize-winner, Elena Ferrante has become one of the world’s most read and beloved writers. With this new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Ferrante proves once again that she deserves her many accolades. In The Lying Life of Adults, readers will discover another gripping, highly addictive, and totally unforgettable Neapolitan story.

Ann Goldstein is a renowned translator of Italian literature, best known for translating Elena Ferrante's books.

Michael Reynolds is the editor in chief of Europa Editions, one of the country's premier publishers of literature in translation.

A Ferrante Fête: Translator Ann Goldstein and Publisher Michael Reynolds in Conversation