| The Woman of Rome Revised Edition Contributor(s): Moravia, Alberto (Author), Calliope, Tami (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1883642809 ISBN-13: 9781883642808 Publisher: Steerforth Press OUR PRICE: $25.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: THE GLITTER AND CYNICISM of Rome under Mussolini provide the background of what is probably Alberto Moravia's best and best-known novel -- "The Woman of Rome. It's the story of Adriana, a simple girl with no fortune but her beauty who models naked for a painter, accepts gifts from men, and could never quite identify the moment when she traded her private dream of home and children for the life of a prostitute. One of the very few novels of the twentieth century which can be ranked with the work of Dostoevsky, "The Woman of Rome also tells the stories of the tortured university student Giacomo, a failed revolutionary who refuses to admit his love for Adriana; of the sinister figure of Astarita, the Secret Police officer obsessed with Adriana; and of the coarse and brutal criminal Sonzogno, who treats Adriana as his private property. Within this story of passion and betrayal, Moravia calmly strips away the pride and arrogance hiding the corrupt heart of Italian Fascism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99015664 |
| Series: Italia S |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 5.47" W x 8.58" (1.17 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE GLITTER AND CYNICISM of Rome under Mussolini provide the background of what is probably Alberto Moravia' s best and best-known novel -- "The Woman of Rome," It' s the story of Adriana, a simple girl with no fortune but her beauty who models naked for a painter, accepts gifts from men, and could never quite identify the moment when she traded her private dream of home and children for the life of a prostitute. One of the very few novels of the twentieth century which can be ranked with the work of Dostoevsky, "The Woman of Rome" also tells the stories of the tortured university student Giacomo, a failed revolutionary who refuses to admit his love for Adriana; of the sinister figure of Astarita, the Secret Police officer obsessed with Adriana; and of the coarse and brutal criminal Sonzogno, who treats Adriana as his private property. Within this story of passion and betrayal, Moravia calmly strips away the pride and arrogance hiding the corrupt heart of Italian Fascism. |