Contempt
$32.18
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2004
Summary
Contempt is a brilliant and unsettling work by one of the revolutionary masters of modern European literature. All the qualities for which Alberto Moravia is justly famous—his cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sex—are evident in this story of a failing marriage. Contempt is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590171226 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590171225 |
| Author: | Alberto Moravia, Tim Parks |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2004 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 203mm |
| Series: | New York Review Books Classics |
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Critics Review
Rich in substance and resonant with meaning…a rare achievement.
— The New York Times
Moravia remains one of the twentieth century’s smoothest and most entertaining poets of paralysis, of the genial ennui generated by the triumph of materialism over humane values…his novels offer a bracing counterpoint to today’s soft-hearted and -headed fiction.
— Boston Review
Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) was one of Italy’s greatest twentieth-century writers. Among his best-known books to have appeared in English are Boredom, The Woman of Rome, The Conformist (the basis for Bernardo Bertolucci’s film), Roman Tales, Contempt (the basis for Jean-Luc Godard’s film), and Two Women.
Tim Parks, a novelist, essayist, and translator, is Associate Professor of Literature and Translation at IULM University in Milan. His books include Teach Us to Sit Still: A Skeptic’s Search for Health and Healing and The Server.
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