Contempt (Film Ink S.) - Softcover

Moravia, Alberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853753122 ISBN 13: 9781853753121

Publisher: Prion Books Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Obsessive and confessional, sifting over every action and thought, "Contempt" is a tale about the precarious nature of love and integrity; a study of the limits of our subjective nature and of storytelling itself. It was adapted for the screen by Jean-Luc Godard in 1963.

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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

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prion Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853753122
• ISBN 13: 9781853753121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288