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The Woman of Rome

A Novel

By Alberto Moravia
Translated by Tami Calliope

By Alberto Moravia
Translated by Tami Calliope

By Alberto Moravia
Translated by Tami Calliope

By Alberto Moravia
Translated by Tami Calliope

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Jun 01, 1999 | ISBN 9781883642808

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Sep 27, 2011 | ISBN 9781581952438

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    About The Woman of Rome

    The glitter and cynicism of Rome under Mussolini provide the background of what is probably Alberto Moravia’s best and best-known novel — The Woman of Rome. It’s the story of Adriana, a simple girl with no fortune but her beauty who models naked for a painter, accepts gifts from men, and could never quite identify the moment when she traded her private dream of home and children for the life of a prostitute.
    One of the very few novels of the twentieth century which can be ranked with the work of Dostoevsky, The Woman of Rome also tells the stories of the tortured university student Giacomo, a failed revolutionary who refuses to admit his love for Adriana; of the sinister figure of Astarita, the Secret Police officer obsessed with Adriana; and of the coarse and brutal criminal Sonzogno, who treats Adriana as his private property. Within this story of passion and betrayal, Moravia calmly strips away the pride and arrogance hiding the corrupt heart of Italian Fascism.

    About The Woman of Rome

    The glitter and cynicism of Rome under Mussolini provide the background of what is probably Alberto Moravia’s best and best-known novel — The Woman of Rome. It’s the story of Adriana, a simple girl with no fortune but her beauty who models naked for a painter, accepts gifts from men, and could never quite identify the moment when she traded her private dream of home and children for the life of a prostitute.
    One of the very few novels of the twentieth century which can be ranked with the work of Dostoevsky, The Woman of Rome also tells the stories of the tortured university student Giacomo, a failed revolutionary who refuses to admit his love for Adriana; of the sinister figure of Astarita, the Secret Police officer obsessed with Adriana; and of the coarse and brutal criminal Sonzogno, who treats Adriana as his private property. Within this story of passion and betrayal, Moravia calmly strips away the pride and arrogance hiding the corrupt heart of Italian Fascism.

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    About Alberto Moravia

    Alberto Moravia was born in Rome in 1907 and published his first novel at 21. In the 1930s, censored by Mussolini and the Vatican alike, Moravia resorted to writing under a pseudonym. During the war Moravia and his wife Elsa… More about Alberto Moravia

    About Alberto Moravia

    Alberto Moravia was born in Rome in 1907 and published his first novel at 21. In the 1930s, censored by Mussolini and the Vatican alike, Moravia resorted to writing under a pseudonym. During the war Moravia and his wife Elsa… More about Alberto Moravia

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $32.00
    Published by Steerforth
    Jun 01, 1999 | 416 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9781883642808

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Steerforth
    Sep 27, 2011 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9781581952438
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    “A profoundly realistic and compassionate story which continually transcends its subject; which is in effect the story of modern Italy.” — The Atlantic Monthly

     

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