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published
November 30th 2004
by Rowohlt Tb.
(first published 1962)
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Taschenbuch, 362 pages
isbn
3499239205
(isbn13: 9783499239205)
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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, t…more
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Read in July, 2009
You know how people talk about books that "changed my life"? Well, I don't think books can change your life (at least not in my case), but I think they can help you change your life (in other words, you change your life, not the book -- ok, pedantic point, but still, wanted to be clear on that....)
Well, this book, along with Buzzati's "Il deserto dei Tartari" helped me change my life (actually, I have 2 non-fiction examples that did the same, albeit in different ways: L...more
Well, this book, along with Buzzati's "Il deserto dei Tartari" helped me change my life (actually, I have 2 non-fiction examples that did the same, albeit in different ways: L...more
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So this is pretty much 'Swann In Love' without the wit, the insight, or the variety: an indifferent artist falls for a sensual young woman, projects all his creative longings onto her, and finds both his love and his ambition disappointed - fin. The characters are dull, which isn't damning in itself, but there's heron gray and there's pavement gray and this book is more the latter. Since the narrative isn't really in the voice of the characters and the detail and atmosphere are scant, to succeed...more
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Read in April, 2006
recommends it for:
los que prefieren la ficción por encima de la realidad
Italo Svevo es uno de mis escritores favoritos, a la altura de nombres como Dostoievski o Austen, ni más ni menos. La primera virtud de Svevo es su estilo, sencillo y de una perfección hipnótica, que a veces te obliga a volver atrás para releer pasajes. En cierto modo me recuerda al de Camus, porque, aunque suenan de lo más natural, los dos hacen lo que quieren con el lenguaje, sin que parezca nunca forzado y ni siquiera manipulado. Otra razón por amar a Svevo es que consigue construir tod...more
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Read in June, 2009
A minor work by Svevo, really only entrancing if you suffer from extremes of jealousy and want to read a couple hundred pages on it. While I thought Svevo perceptively traces many of the petty but obsessive internal dramas of the jealous lover, I -- to my surprise -- sometimes had the feeling that he still left large areas of emotion unexplored.
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Read in July, 2009
Less theatrical than Wilde, Svevo creates a book that is very similarly themed as a novel by the Englishman, only this one is more fast paced and more based around actions rather than dialougue. Certainly one of the best books I have ever read.
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Read in June, 2009
I think I liked this one better than Zeno's Conscience.
Read in January, 2010
It was not Zeno's Conscience, alas, nor nearly so good as that book. Or not so good as good as I remember the latter being, when I read it long ago. In fact probably enough time, ten years, has passed to return to Zeno's Conscience, which would have been a smarter idea to begin with, smarter than going to this one, for that.
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Another book I had to read for a class. I thought it was kinda boring until the last part. Then it got interesting.
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Read in September, 2008
I was unaware someone had written a book about me.
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