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A collection of 41 short stories: the characters act like "automatons" – mechanical, listless, incapable of authentic reaction to life's problems. Modern man alienated, trapped in routine, sex, money and passivity, without will or feelings.
The Lying Life of Adults (2019), a stand-alone novel by Elena Ferrante, takes us to Naples in the 1990s through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Giovanna Trade, a bright, middle-class girl whose world falls apart with the discovery of her family's lies.
A suspenseful thriller that combines mysticism, history and contemporary intrigue. The plot takes place on several continents, from Russia and Afghanistan to London and Ireland, following two parallel stories connected by an ancient secret.
The novel is a kaleidoscopic, polyphonic account of the life of Gerda Taro (née Gerda Pohorylle, 1910–1937), the first female war photographer to die on the battlefield. A must-read for fans of historical fiction about strong women and anti-fascism.
Through these stories, Moravia explores themes of social inequality, the struggle for survival, and human frailty, portraying them with a mix of humor, irony, and realistic observation.
In any case, I'm here, because I wrote poems, an absolutely useless product, but almost never harmful, and in that lies some of its nobility," said the Italian Nobel laureate Montale at the award ceremony.