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Not so long ago Emilio Brentani was a promising young author. Now he is an insurance agent on the fast track to forty. He gains a new lease on life, though, when he falls for the young and gorgeous Angiolina - except that his angel just happens to be an unapologetic cheat. But what begins as a comedy of infatuated misunderstanding turns darker, as Emilio's jealous persistence in his folly - against his friends' and devoted sister's advice, and even his own best knowledge - may lead to severe consequences in his other relationships. Marked by deep humanity and earthy humor, by psychological insight and an elegant simplicity of style, As a Man Grows Older (Senilità, in Italian; the English title was the suggestion of Svevo's great friend and admirer, James Joyce) is a brilliant study of hopeless love and hapless indecision. It is a masterwork of Italian literature, here beautifully rendered into English in Beryl de Zoete's classic translation.
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As A Man Grows Older, Italo Svevo
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- Année de publication
- 2001
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- Titre
- As A Man Grows Older
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Italo Svevo
- Éditeur
- New York Review of Books
- Publié
- 2001
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0940322846
- ISBN13
- 9780940322844
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Thème historique, Amour, Classiques, Mort, Europe du Sud, Italie, 19e siècle, Littérature italienne, Romans psychologiques, Amour malheureux, Trieste
- Première publication
- 1898
- Titre original
- Senilità
- Évaluation
- 3,6 sur 5
- Description
- Not so long ago Emilio Brentani was a promising young author. Now he is an insurance agent on the fast track to forty. He gains a new lease on life, though, when he falls for the young and gorgeous Angiolina - except that his angel just happens to be an unapologetic cheat. But what begins as a comedy of infatuated misunderstanding turns darker, as Emilio's jealous persistence in his folly - against his friends' and devoted sister's advice, and even his own best knowledge - may lead to severe consequences in his other relationships. Marked by deep humanity and earthy humor, by psychological insight and an elegant simplicity of style, As a Man Grows Older (Senilità, in Italian; the English title was the suggestion of Svevo's great friend and admirer, James Joyce) is a brilliant study of hopeless love and hapless indecision. It is a masterwork of Italian literature, here beautifully rendered into English in Beryl de Zoete's classic translation.