Emilio Brentani, a minor writer and clerk in Trieste, begins an affair with Angiolina, a young woman from a poorer background, intending a light diversion. He becomes obsessed with her and ignores warnings from his sister Amalia and his friend Stefano Balli, a sculptor. Italo Svevo studies self-deception and the way a man's ideals about love and himself fail him.
It suits readers of early twentieth-century European fiction and psychological novels. It is a short, ironic portrait of a man defeated by his own illusions.
Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Wisdom Collector. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Plutone Edizioni Digitali
- Language
- IT
