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Ad 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, Ad 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, Ad le is a captivating exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman s quest to feel alive. Free Download [ Adèle ] By [ Leïla Slimani ] – kino-fada.fr Female sexuality isoften associated with lasciviousness and motherhood than with perversion This is unexplored territoryExplaining why she chose female sexual addiction as a subject for her debut novel, Le la Slimani, the French Moroccan author of the Prix Goncourt winning novel Chanson douce translated into English as The Perfect Nanny Lullaby asserted it was the DSK affair and her bewilderment on how such a strong sexual drive can manage to bring someone down, that inspired her toFemale sexuality isoften associated with lasciviousness and motherhood than with perversion This is unexplored territoryExplaining why she chose female sexual addiction as a subject for her debut novel, Le la Slimani, the French Moroccan author of the Prix Goncourt winning novel Chanson douce translated into English as The Perfect Nanny Lullaby asserted it was the DSK affair and her bewilderment on how such a strong sexual drive can manage to bring someone down, that inspired her to explore ...People who are never satisfied destroy everything around them The story of the dissatisfied wife isn t a new one Flaubert and Tolstoy cinched the market on that topic over 150 years ago But it s still a relevant one, and some might sayauthentic when written from the perspective of a female author.Ad le is a beautiful journalist living in Paris with her doctor husband and young son On the surface, it is the life of dreams In reality, she is in hell, feeling dissatisfaction and alienatPeople who are never satisfied destroy everything around them The story of the dissatisfied wife isn t a new one Flaubert and Tolstoy cinched the market on that topic over 150 years ago But it s still a relevant one, and some might sayauthentic when written from the perspective of a female author.Ad le is a beautiful journalist living in Paris with her doctor husband and young son On the surface, it is the life of dreams In reality, she is in hell, feeling dissatisfaction and alienation that can only be quelled temporarily by casual sexual encounters And by casual, I mean CASUAL Ad le doesn t...It s been a long time since a book has left me bereft of words For reasons unknown to me, I was immediately drawn to this book from the moment I read the synopsis and as soon as I downloaded it I abandoned the book I was previously reading, hell, I abandoned my life, and found myself immersed in this book, finishing it in one sitting Ad le is, seemingly, the contented wife of a surgeon, raising a son that she adores while excelling at her job as a journalist Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, could It s been a long time since a book has left me bereft of words For reasons unknown to me, I was immediately drawn to this book from the mome...FIVE STARSADELE is about a doctor s wife who is a mother to a young son She appears so happy with all the trappings of financial success and a career as a journalist She appreciates her role in life for the social status it affords her and, most importantly, for the useful cover it provides for her secret lifestyle As in The Perfect Nanny, Leila Slimani dives way below the surface to expose the nakedness, the self that controls our desires, obsessions, and motivations THE PERFECT NANNY was a FIVE STARSADELE is about a doctor s wife who is a mother to a young son She appears so happy with all the trappings of financial success and...Slimani claims she wrote this novel after being inspired by the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal, wanting, she said, to look at the phenomenon of sex addiction through a female perspective I m not sure I believe her And even if I did, I m not sure that would be a useful lens through which to examine this ...Drabdrearyformulaic writing I kept reading hoping for something to grab me emotionally or intellectually.I was surprised really surprised that a potentially intriguing topic could possibly be so down right dull and boring Maybe that s the point of empty meaningless sexDullDullDullStrangely disturbing read It deals with sex but it s not a porn though it s no use to seek erotic tension either The main protagonist, Adele, is a young woman Rather unfulfilled journalist, mother of little Lucien and devoted wife to her husband, Richard This is her face she shows to the world Adele is addicted to sex Hotel rooms, stairwells, back alleys, restrooms The dirtier and uglier places the better to get what her body wants The young, the old, handsome or revolting, stranger or n Strangely disturbing read It deals with sex but it s not a porn though it s no use to seek erotic tension either The main protagonist, Adele, is a young woman Rather unfulfilled journalist, mother of little Lucien and devoted wife to her husband, Richard This is her face she shows to the world Adele is addicted to sex Hotel rooms, stairwells, back alleys, restrooms The dirtier and uglier places the better to get what her body wants The young, the old, handsome or revolting, stranger or neighbour, colleague from work or her husband s friend No matt...Oh me, oh my What did I just read This is a story about a young Parisian woman married to her surgeon husband with whom she has a young son She is a successful journalist and her life appears to be perfect to anyone that may cast a glance her way, however, there is something stirring within Adele that she is unable to ...After reading The Perfect Nanny , I was captivated by Leila Slimani s writing style She writes with a direct and edgy style that is straight to the point Slimani follows up with an exploration of sexual addiction and another character that feels compelled to detach herself from reality Adele is different than The Perfect Nanny In The Perfect Nanny she examines a woman who most people wouldn t consider successful a nanny that doesn t have a traditional life In contrast, Adele fol After reading The Perfect Nanny , I was captivated by Leila Slimani s writing style She writes with a direct and edgy style that is straight to the point Slimani follows up with an exploration of sexual addiction and another character that feels compelled to detach herself from reality Adele is different than The Perfect Nanny In The Perfect Nanny she examines a woman who most people wouldn t consider successful a nanny that doesn t have a traditional life In contrast, Adele follows a character that has a stereotypical life Adele is married, she is a successful journalist, and she has a son with her husband Slimani reminds us that one s social status doesn t disqualify them from the feeling that their lives are unsatisfying and mundane The story follows Adele, a successful journalist in Paris She has a seemingly perfect life with her husband, Richard and her son, Lucien Despite all of this, Adele has a void within herself th...Rating Disjointedness 1 star Background insights lacking the what, the why, the how, the what for 1 star Seriously No one ever noticed anything Ouch And she never got any illnesses Not even some mild gonorrhea case 1 star While this is an interesting vignette of a nymphomaniac being her sex addicted self, it s not engaging or giving enough background or even an interconnected plot We got a male parade, which is a chore to read, which is probably the way it was intended to be Rating Disjointedness 1 star Background insights lacking the what, the why, the how, the what for 1 star Seriously No one ever noticed anything Ouch And she never got any illnesses Not even some mild gonorrhea case 1 star While this is an interesting vignette of a nymphomaniac being her sex addicted self, it s not engaging or giving enough background or even an interconnected plot We got a male parade, which is a chore to read, which is probably the way it was intended to be Still not inspiring or anything 1 starQHis wife had been ...

Adèle
  • English
  • 06 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 216 pages
  • 0143132180
  • Leïla Slimani
  • Adèle