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Contempt

4/5 ( ratings)

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 is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.

Language: English

Pages: 251

Format: Paperback

Publisher: NYRB Classics

Release: July 31, 2004

ISBN: 1590171225

ISBN 13: 9781590171226

Contempt

4/5 ( ratings)

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 is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.

Language: English

Pages: 251

Format: Paperback

Publisher: NYRB Classics

Release: July 31, 2004

ISBN: 1590171225

ISBN 13: 9781590171226

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