Adèle : A Novel

Adèle appears to have the perfect life. She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a chic apartment with her surgeon husband & 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 & desire, she begins to orchestrate her life around her one night stands & extramarital affairs, arriving late to work & lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making. An erotic & daring story - with electrically clear writing - Adèle will captivate readers with its exploration of addiction, sexuality, & one woman's quest to feel alive.°°° Leïla Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist & frequent commentator on women’s & human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron’s personal representative for the promotion of the French language & culture. Leïla is also the chair of the International Booker Prize 2023 judging panel. Born in Rabat, Morocco,in 1981, she lives in Portugal.Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator & novelist. He has written 4 novels & he has translated more than 60 books from the French, including Laurent Binet’s HHhH, Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny, & Marcel Proust’s The 75 Folios. '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 WeeklyFrom 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 ParisShe 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. 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 Ade le 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, Ade le 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, Ade le is a captivating exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman's quest to feel alive.-- Adele 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, Adele 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 From the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny --one of the 10 Best Books of the Year of The New York Times Book Review --her prizewinning novel about a sex-addicted woman in Paris