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Title: The Conformist: A Novel by Alberto Moravia, Tami Calliope ISBN: 1-883642-65-5 Publisher: Steerforth Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Astounding !! True realism embalmed in pre-war surrealism!
Comment: I tried watching the movie AFTER the book and I had NO patience with the movie, though directed by a person for whom I have great respect. Moravia is a lyricist and this prose poem of a novel describes some very hard facts of boyhood during fascist times in Italy, and more. The boy becomes a man, a conformist, due to an incredible mistake. And a mistaken mistake at that! Add to this an almost abusive father, who is institutionalized later in the novel, his lovely decadent drug addict mother with her 15 small dogs, and her chauffer, of course. A most harrowing, yet not disbeleivable, ending winds up the novel in just two pages. More from Moravia! Get this book back in print! For the scenes in the Paris clubs, it is alone worth reading this fascinating book. I read it two years ago and it has stayed with me, unlike many of my other favotite novels. This book is incomparable; it is not for the conformists, nor is it for the faint of heart!
Rating: 3
Summary: Hard to understand at times, but a good novel overall
Comment: This novel is fairly difficult to follow at times, but the entire story comes together at the end. You do not have to really be into Moravia's other novels to enjoy this one, but you do have to have some patience. The good parts of the novel are only made better by the rather dull beginning. Read it if you have some free time and you want to get a taste of Moravia's talent.
Rating: 2
Summary: Movie is better than book
Comment: This is one of the few instances that I have found in which the movie version of a novel is better than the novel itself. This is a contrived work through and through, and one can understand why Bertolucci completely changed the ending for the movie. Moravia here displays his utter sentimentality with an admixture of arm-chair psychology that is truly laughable....and this is probably his best novel.
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Title: Two Women by Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson, Ann McGarrell ISBN: 1586420208 Publisher: Steerforth Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Woman of Rome: A Novel by Alberto Moravia, Lydia Holland, Tami Calliope ISBN: 1883642809 Publisher: Steerforth Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: History: A Novel by Elsa Morante, William Weaver ISBN: 1586420046 Publisher: Steerforth Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.50 |
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Title: Contempt by Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson, Tim Parks ISBN: 0940322277 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Boredom by Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson ISBN: 0940322285 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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