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Adele by Leïla Slimani explores the life of a successful journalist living in Paris who is entrapped in a cycle of obsession and desire. Despite her seemingly perfect life, Adele navigates the complexities of her hidden compulsions, confronting the impacts on her personal and professional world. The novel delves into themes of identity, freedom, and the consequences of unfulfilled desire.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by complex characters and enjoy exploring themes of desire, addiction, and self-destruction. Set against a backdrop of bustling Paris, it delves into the life of a woman whose pursuit of excitement and freedom leads her down a perilous path, providing a gripping and thought-provoking read.

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Adele

From the bestselling author of Lullaby, the prizewinning debut novel about all our attempts to discover who we are - deep down - and what we actually want.

From the bestselling author of Lullaby, the prizewinning debut novel about all our attempts to discover who we are - deep down - and what we actually want.

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From the bestselling author of Lullaby

Riveting. - Evening Standard

Explosive. - Mail on Sunday

Thrilling. - Sunday Times

A must-read. - Vogue

Her obsessions devour her. She is helpless to stop them...

Adele has a seemingly enviable life. She is a respected journalist, living in a flawless Paris apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', Adele is bored. She begins to orchestrate her life around one-night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until her compulsions threaten to consume her altogether.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571331963

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 October 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Contributors:

  • Translated by Sam Taylor
  • Translated by Sam Taylor

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 156g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Leila Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.

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