Contempt is a brilliant and unsettling work by one of the revolutionary masters of modern European literature. All the qualities for which Alberto Moravia is justly famous–his cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sex–are evident in this story of a failing marriage. Contempt (which was to inspire Jean-Luc Godard’s no-less-celebrated film) is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.
Author: Alberto Moravia
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 07/31/2004
Series: New York Review Books Classics
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.04w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781590171226
Language: English
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.