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Contempt
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 (which was to inspire Jean-Luc Godard's no-less-celebrated film) is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781590171226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York Review Books, (09 January 1999)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 266 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 203 x 127 x 15 mm
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