Italo Svevo
Born
in Trieste (formerly of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), Italy
December 19, 1861
Died
September 13, 1928
Genre
Influences
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Zeno's Conscience
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597 editions
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1923
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As a Man Grows Older (New York Review Books Classics)
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244 editions
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published
1898
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Una vita
152 editions
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published
1892
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The Nice Old Man and the Pretty Girl
61 editions
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published
1926
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A Perfect Hoax
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49 editions
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published
1927
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Corto viaggio sentimentale
47 editions
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published
1949
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La coscienza di Zeno. Senilità. Una vita
17 editions
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published
2002
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La coscienza di Zeno / Senilità
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I racconti
25 editions
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published
1985
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Cömert Şarap
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“Who knows whether, if I had given up smoking, I should really have become the strong perfect man I imagined? Perhaps it was this very doubt that bound me to my vice, because life is so much pleasanter if one is able to believe in one's own latent greatness”
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“It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent. ”
― Zeno's Conscience
― Zeno's Conscience
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