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Boredom (New York Review Books Classics)

by Alberto Moravia

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Publisher Comments:

The novels that the great Italian writer Alberto Moravia wrote in the years following the World War II represent an extraordinary survey of the range of human behavior in a fragmented modern society. Boredom, the story of a failed artist and pampered son of a rich family who becomes dangerously attached to a young model, examines the complex relations between money, sex, and imperiled masculinity. This powerful and disturbing study in the pathology of modern life is one of the masterworks of a writer whom as Anthony Burgess once remarked, was "always trying to get to the bottom of the human imbroglio."

Synopsis:

Dino is approaching middle age, and he is consumed with boredom - not just a lack of interest in life, but also a feeling of profound disconnection with the world at large. A painter, he has given up his art to live from day to day. Then he meets Cecilia, a beautiful, unabashedly sexual, strangely impassive teenage model who becomes his mistress. But as she eludes his increasingly frantic efforts to take control of her, body and mind - even to buy her if necessary - his own life spins dangerously out of control.
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About the Author

Alberto Moravia (1907-1990), the child of a wealthy family, was raised at home because of illness. He published his first novel,The Time of Indifference, at the age of twenty-three. Banned from publishing under Mussolini, he emerged after World War II as one of the most admired and influential twentieth-century Italian writers.

William Weaver is celebrated for his numerous translations from the Italian, including Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose and novels and stories by Italo Calvino.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781590171219
Introduction:
Weaver, William
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Translator:
Davidson, Angus
Introduction by:
Weaver, William
Introduction:
Weaver, William
Author:
Various
Author:
Weaver, William
Author:
Moravia, Alberto
Author:
Davidson, Angus
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Artists
Subject:
FICTION / Literary
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2004
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
New York Review Books Classics
Publication Date:
20040731
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8 x 5 x .7 in .75 lb
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Product details 352 pages New York Review of Books - English 9781590171219 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Dino is approaching middle age, and he is consumed with boredom - not just a lack of interest in life, but also a feeling of profound disconnection with the world at large. A painter, he has given up his art to live from day to day. Then he meets Cecilia, a beautiful, unabashedly sexual, strangely impassive teenage model who becomes his mistress. But as she eludes his increasingly frantic efforts to take control of her, body and mind - even to buy her if necessary - his own life spins dangerously out of control.
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