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. William Weaver, who teaches at Bard College, is a transiator and critic. His most recent book is a new translation of Italo Svevo's Zeno's Conscience (March 2002).
“In its moral and artistic economy, [Boredom] is perhaps the most
successful of all Moravia’s work. . . .No one has depicted a series
of carnal acts, frenzied yet cold in their automatism—nudity,
desire and its outlet—with such complete lack of complacence, such
impassive truthfulness.”—Nicola Chiaromonte, Partisan Review
“Precise, calculating, decadent and quite brilliant.” —Kirkus
Reviews
“Boredom is Moravia’s most succinct exploration of the quiet
desperation at the heart of the automated human...one of Moravia’s
funniest explorations on the origins of middle-class funk.” —Bill
Marx, Boston Review
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