To begin with I'd like to talk about my wife. To love means, in addition to many other things, to delight in gazing upon and observing the beloved. --From Conjugal Love When Silvio, a rich Italian dilettante, and his beautiful wife agree to move to the country and forgo sex so that he will have the energy to write a successful novel, something is bound to go wrong: Silvio's literary ambitions are far too big for his second-rate talent, and his wife Leda is a passionate woman. This dangerously combustible situation is ...
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To begin with I'd like to talk about my wife. To love means, in addition to many other things, to delight in gazing upon and observing the beloved. --From Conjugal Love When Silvio, a rich Italian dilettante, and his beautiful wife agree to move to the country and forgo sex so that he will have the energy to write a successful novel, something is bound to go wrong: Silvio's literary ambitions are far too big for his second-rate talent, and his wife Leda is a passionate woman. This dangerously combustible situation is set off when Leda accuses Antonio, the local barber who comes every morning to shave Silvio, of trying to molest her. Silvio obstinately refuses to dismiss him, and the quarrel and its shattering consequences put the couple's love to the test.
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Very good No Jacket. New York. 1952. March 1952. Signet/New American Library. 1st Paperback Printing. Good in Wrappers. Translated from the Italian. 142 pages. paperback. 922. keywords: Europe Italy Literature Italy Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION-A DARINGLY FRANK NOVEL. Love. ‘I should have liked to say to her. ‘I love you as you are now, sitting up in bed, calm and serene. And I love you as you were a little time ago when you were dancing the dance of desire and gnashing your teeth and pulling up your dress and clinging to Antonio. And I shall love you always. ' But I said nothing of all this, because I realized that she understood that I knew everything and that everything was now settled between us. ' Who is at fault when a husband dedicates himself to his work and his wife finds another lover as an outlet for her pent-up emotions? This is a daringly frank novel, that searchingly explores a seldom-discussed side of married life. ALBERTO MORAVIA is one of the most brilliant contemporary Italian novelists, who has achieved international fame with his books THE WOMAN OF ROME (SIGNET #8844) TWO ADOLESCENTS and THE CONFORMIST. inventory #34564.
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