false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230940942m/6062266.jpg 84737 42 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&#8217;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&#8217;s interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpected&#8211;and unexpectedly happy&#8211;marriage to Ada&#8217;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, <b>Zeno&#8217;s Conscience</b><i> </i>is a miracle of psychological realism. 66906 1923 Zeno's Conscience: A Novel total:543|5:187|4:191|3:124|2:32|1:9| 543 2144 1010 55 4 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 18:53:54 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 02:04:35 -0800 2007
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