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Italian
Granta
15 June 2004
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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Imprint:   Granta
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 205mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   270g
ISBN:   9781590171226
ISBN 10:   1590171225
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Other merchandise
Publisher's Status:   Active

Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) 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. His novels include Two Adolescents, Two Women and The Women of Rome. Tim Parks's books include the novel Destiny and the essay collection Hell and Back. His most recent novel, Judge Savage, was published in the autumn. He lectures at IULM University in Milan.

Reviews for Contempt

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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