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Contempt

By Alberto Moravia
Introduction by Tim Parks
Translated by Angus Davidson

By Alberto Moravia
Introduction by Tim Parks
Translated by Angus Davidson

By Alberto Moravia
Introduction by Tim Parks
Translated by Angus Davidson

By Alberto Moravia
Introduction by Tim Parks
Translated by Angus Davidson

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Jul 31, 2004 | ISBN 9781590171226

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Jul 20, 2011 | ISBN 9781590174845

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    About Contempt

    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 Contempt

    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.

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    About Alberto Moravia

    Alberto Moravia, born in Rome in 1907, was one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century. His novels, which include The Woman of Rome, The Conformist, Contempt, and Two Women, have been turned into films by Bernardo Bertolucci… More about Alberto Moravia

    About Alberto Moravia

    Alberto Moravia, born in Rome in 1907, was one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century. His novels, which include The Woman of Rome, The Conformist, Contempt, and Two Women, have been turned into films by Bernardo Bertolucci… More about Alberto Moravia

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by NYRB Classics
    Jul 31, 2004 | 272 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9781590171226

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by NYRB Classics
    Jul 20, 2011 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9781590174845
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    Praise

    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

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