Zeno's Conscience

Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Classics, Literary
Cover of the book Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick ISBN: 9781101970225
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: March 18, 2015
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
ISBN: 9781101970225
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: March 18, 2015
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Italo Svevo’s charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. The mind in question belongs to Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman who is writing his confessions at the behest of his psychiatrist. Here are Zeno’s interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpected–and unexpectedly happy–marriage to Ada’s homely sister Augusta, and his affair with a shrill-voiced aspiring singer. Relating these misadventures with wry wit and a perspicacity at once unblinking and compassionate, Zeno’s Conscienceis a miracle of psychological realism.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Italo Svevo’s charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. The mind in question belongs to Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman who is writing his confessions at the behest of his psychiatrist. Here are Zeno’s interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpected–and unexpectedly happy–marriage to Ada’s homely sister Augusta, and his affair with a shrill-voiced aspiring singer. Relating these misadventures with wry wit and a perspicacity at once unblinking and compassionate, Zeno’s Conscienceis a miracle of psychological realism.

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Rooms of Heaven by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Why Us? by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book The Darkness and the Light by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Visiting Mrs. Nabokov by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Instant Replay by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Eleonora Duse by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Visits from the Seventh by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Gray's Anatomy by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book The Sound of Mountain Water by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Every Man in This Village is a Liar by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Creation by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book The Sunflower by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book Literature and the Gods by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
Cover of the book In Pharaoh's Army by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy