false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg 67141 13 <i>Contempt</i> 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&#8212;his cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sex&#8212;are evident in this story of a failing marriage. <i>Contempt</i> (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. 2257072 book 1954 Il disprezzo total:210|5:74|4:72|3:51|2:11|1:2| 210 835 402 40 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 5 5 false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 06 20:32:40 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 22:17:57 -0700 2008
This is the anti-Homeric tale of the anti-Ulysses. The backdrop is a writer who takes on the dubious task of writing a script adaptation of Ulysses. Told in the first person by this screenwriter who clearly s...more...]]> 2285478 1853753122 9781853753121 3 1 3.98 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2285478.Contempt 2 4 false Fri Jul 31 19:53:42 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:20:16 -0700 2009 Contempt. Moravia's idea had such great potential. An existential, psychological drama, doesn't it sound promising? In fact, Moravia did succeed in portraying the obsessive, supremely self-centered and over-a...more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 4 3 false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 01:01:45 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:08:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 5 3 false Fri Oct 26 16:52:11 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 07:13:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 4 5 false Sun Jun 21 08:36:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 08:38:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 5 0 false Thu Feb 19 00:59:28 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 05:36:59 -0800 2009 Contempt, Alberto Moravia's famous novel is a work of raw psychological force, that reverberates long after you're finished, abandoning you in a cold, dazed state.

Any man who has known ruthless and abject rejection without (apparent) cause or reason will be able to relate to the main cha...more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 3 1 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 11:49:34 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:09:04 -0800 2008
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Why di...more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 4 0 false Thu Oct 30 20:40:26 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 20:56:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 3 0 false Tue Sep 08 00:05:09 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 09:41:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 4 0 false Tue Feb 17 20:22:34 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 19:51:43 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:22:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 67141 1590171225 9781590171226 186 35 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170667478m/67141.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67141.Contempt 4 0 false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 16:30:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 20:26:55 -0800 2009 Contempt deals primarily with the disintegration of a relationship (in this case, a marital relationship). Riccardo Molteni can feel that his wife is distant and no longer loves him but doesn't know why. Moravia slowly revea...more...]]> 2251192 0940322277 9780940322271 12 3 3.98 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2251192.Contempt 5 0 false Sun Jun 14 12:23:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:27:37 -0700 2009
Then watch the film version, with Brigitte Bardot.

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