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Boredom
With the long monologue of the protagonist Dino, a painter bored by the bourgeois lifestyle in which he lives immersed every day, Alberto Moravia traces the portrait of a decadent and inept character, a worthy companion of those signed by Italo Svevo. Read the full summary
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Augustine
The story of Agostino’s sexual initiation, when he was just thirteen, earned Moravia unanimous recognition from the public and critics with his effective return to narrative after writings with decidedly surrealist or satirical tones. The author’s first work to be awarded a literary prize is a novel that is still appreciated today. Read the full summary
The indifferent
History, or rather tale, of the life of a bourgeois family during fascism. The characters in the novel are empty mannequins who move within a rather inconsistent plot whose only task is to demonstrate its emptiness by highlighting its moral misery. Read the full summary
The Conformist
Birth, life and death of an absolute protagonist of the twentieth century and of our times: the man who lives adapting perfectly to his times, conforming in every way to what they expect from him. The conformist Marcello Clerici works for the OVRA and his life is a parable narrated in a dry style. Read the full summary
