As a Man Grows Older - Couverture rigide

Svevo, Italo

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ISBN 10 : 1436689074 ISBN 13 : 9781436689076

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

As A Man Grows Older is a novel written by Italian author Italo Svevo. Originally published in Italian in 1928, the novel follows the life of Emilio Brentani, a middle-aged man who is struggling to come to terms with his own mortality and the passing of time. Emilio is a writer who has had some success in his youth, but now finds himself struggling to write anything of significance. He is married to a much younger woman, but their marriage is strained and he begins to feel insecure about their relationship. As the novel progresses, Emilio becomes increasingly introspective and begins to question his own identity and purpose in life. He is haunted by memories of his past and the mistakes he has made, and he begins to see himself as a failure. Despite his struggles, Emilio is able to find some solace in his friendships with other writers and intellectuals. Through their conversations and debates, he is able to gain a new perspective on life and find a renewed sense of purpose. As A Man Grows Older is a poignant and introspective novel that explores the themes of aging, mortality, and the search for meaning in life. It is a timeless work of literature that continues to resonate with readers today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Italo Svevo (1861-1928), whose given name was Ettore Schmitz, was born in Trieste into a Jewish family of Italian and German descent-as his pseudonym reflects. Svevo published two novels in the 1890s, A Life and As a Man Grows Older, but after they were dismissed by critics and ignored by the public, he abandoned literature and went to work in his father-in-law’s paint business. He returned to writing only after the young man whom he had hired to tutor him in English, James Joyce, asked to see his novels and expressed admiration for them. With Joyce’s support, he published The Confessions of Zeno in 1923 to international acclaim. Svevo had finished a new book (The Tale of the Good Old Man and of the Lovely Young Girl) and was at work on another when he was killed in a car crash in 1928.

James Lasdun was born in London and now lives in upstate New York. He has published three books of poetry—A Jump Start, Woman Police Officer in Elevator, and Landscape with Chainsaw—and three collections of short stories, most recentlyBesieged (Selected Stories), of which the title story was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Not so long ago Emilio Brentani was a promising young author. Now he is an insurance agent on the fast track to forty. He gains a new lease on life, though, when he falls for the young and gorgeous Angiolina-except that his angel just happens to be an unapologetic cheat. But what begins as a comedy of infatuated misunderstanding ends in tragedy, as Emilio's jealous persistence in his folly-against his friends' and devoted sister's advice, and even his own best knowledge-leads to the loss of the one person who, too late, he realizes he truly loves. Marked by deep humanity and earthy humor, by psychological insight and an elegant simplicity of style, As a Man Grows Older ( Senilità, in Italian; the English title was the suggestion of Svevo's great friend and admirer, James Joyce) is a brilliant study of hopeless love and hapless indecision. It is a masterwork of Italian literature, here beautifully rendered into English in Beryl de Zoete's classic translation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1436689074
• ISBN 13: 9781436689076
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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