Contempt 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 famousâhis cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sexâare evident in this story of a failing marriage. Contempt (which was to inspire Jean-Luc Godardâs no-less-celebrated film) is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.
Contempt - Alberto Moravia, Tim Parks & Angus Davidson
Contempt 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 famousâhis cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sexâare evident in this story of a failing marriage. Contempt (which was to inspire Jean-Luc Godardâs no-less-celebrated film) is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.
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