Adèle / Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slimani, Leïla, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.

Standardized Title:

Dans le jardin de l'ogre. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Journalists--France--Fiction.

Journalists.

Sex addiction--Fiction.

Sex addiction.

Sex addicts--Fiction.

Sex addicts.

France.

Women--Sexual behavior--Fiction.

Women.

Women--Sexual behavior.

Adultery--Fiction.

Adultery.

Married women--Fiction.

Married women.

Paris (France)--Fiction.

Paris (France).

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

216, 9 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2019]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

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.-- Publisher's description.

Notes:

"Originally published in French as Dans le jardin de l'ogre by Éditions Gallimard, Paris. English-language edition published simultaneously in the United States of America in Penguin Books and in the United Kingdom by Faber & Faber Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes A Penguin reader's guide.

ISBN:

9780143132189

0143132180

OCLC:

1080866829