La madre

by Italo Svevo

Vimercate, Meravigli, 1993, 16mo brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 47.

48 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1993

About the author

Aron Hector Schmitz, better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.

A close friend of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce, Svevo was considered a pioneer of the psychological novel in Italy and is best known for his classic modernist novel La coscienza di Zeno (1923), a work that had a profound effect on the movement.

Reviews

[Дмитрий · Rating 4 out of 5]

Первые романы автора были приняты прохладно. Это неприятие со стороны итальянских литературных кругов стало одной из тем рассказа La Madre. (Звево родился в Триесте, который в то время был частью Австро-Венгрии; город отошёл к Италии по итогам Первой мировой войны).

[Hester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well constructed allegory about the presence of absence of mother's nurture . And of how mistaken assumptions , fostered by a narrow world view , can lead to the wrong conclusions. Extra point for the name of the adventurous chick , Come Come .

[Elle Esse · Rating 2 out of 5]

.. Lo guardava coi terribili occhi rotondi, rossi d'ira: Chi sei tu che ti appropriasti il cibo ch'io con tanta fatica avevo scavato dal suolo?
- Io sono Curra - disse umilmente il pulcino. - Ma tu chi sei e perché mi facesti tanto male?
Alle due domande essa non diede che una sola risposta: - Io sono la madre..