false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67140.jpg 67140 18 The novels that the great Italian writer Alberto Moravia wrote in the years following the World War II represent an extraordinary survey of the range of human behavior in a fragmented modern society. <i>Boredom</i>, the story of a failed artist and pampered son of a rich family who becomes dangerously attached to a young model, examines the complex relations between money, sex, and imperiled masculinity. This powerful and disturbing study in the pathology of modern life is one of the masterworks of a writer whom as Anthony Burgess once remarked, was "always trying to get to the bottom of the human imbroglio." 65157 book 1960 La noia total:161|5:46|4:63|3:36|2:12|1:4| 161 618 280 22 5 1 false false Fri Oct 26 16:52:13 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 24 07:49:17 -0800 2007
A story of a wealthy man who is extremely bored with life. Out of spite and just to play a game he decides to seduce a young girl who is from the lower class. Of course ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 27 00:28:17 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 28 01:30:33 -0700 2009 Boredom, Alberto Moravia explores man's obsession with power and sex. Dino, the main character, lives at home with his wealthy mother. His material needs and desires have been satisfied, and to a large degree satiated, but he still feels a profound sense of 'boredom,' this boredom verging on th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 21 14:57:45 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 05:03:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 15:16:45 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 15:45:38 -0800 2008
Boredom tells the story of a man who is driven slowly insane through his relati...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 20:51:43 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 20:53:54 -0800 2009 The book speeds up and flows smoothly, the reader becomes nestled in the head of the narrator, which is both rewar...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 20 16:19:15 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 16:22:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 06 22:45:48 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 17:54:39 -0800 2008
A wonderful study on the nature of real boredom and the way cruelty and pain can ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 14 11:08:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 08:52:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 03 02:41:01 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 17:59:42 -0800 2008
Actually I think this is my disorder that I live around with. And when Moravia describes the boy jutting into 'whateverness' with the obvious dreadful prick in front of him, I realize how much exactly I'm like him...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 19 21:45:43 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 21 14:07:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 12:16:04 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 05:49:18 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 18:02:19 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 28 07:39:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jun 25 10:05:42 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 14:45:12 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Apr 02 15:42:02 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 15:44:06 -0700 2008 This book is great, however. It meanders at its own pace, as a man chronicles his "boredom" or madness.]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 30 21:52:14 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 09:31:00 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 07 11:50:31 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:02:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jun 14 09:17:06 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 09:18:22 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Dec 17 20:30:01 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 20:30:08 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 21 04:28:39 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 04:34:13 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 17:54:41 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 11:49:10 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=67140