Confessions of Zeno (Vintage International) - Softcover

Svevo, Italo; De Zoete, Beryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679722343 ISBN 13: 9780679722342

Publisher: Vintage Books, 1989

Synopsis

As a form of therapy, Zeno's doctor advises him to write his memoirs. The patient reconstructs the events in his life into a palatable reality founded upon compromise and rationalization.

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About the Author:

Italo Svevo, whose real name was Ettore Schmitz, was born in Trieste in 1861. He was educated in Trieste and in a commercial school in Germany and returned to his birthplace to begin a business career that he pursued successfully until his death. He published three novels (at his own expense): Una vita (1892; English translation: A Life), Senilità (1898; English translation: Emilio’s Carnival; also translated under the title As a Man Grows Older), and La coscienza di Zeno (1923; English translation: Zeno’s Conscience; also translated under the title Confessions of Zeno). After his first two novels were ignored, Svevo considered giving up writing and devoting

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therapy, Zeno's doctor advises him to write his memoirs. The patient reconstructs the events in his life into a palatable reality founded upon compromise and rationalization.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0679722343
• ISBN 13: 9780679722342
• Binding: Paperback