Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, was a prominent Italian novelist, journalist, playwright, essayist and film critic. His works explore the themes of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism.
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Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.
A young historian is editing the memoirs of a late general in a gloomy house. Seduced by a mysterious girl named Aura, he is slowly drawn into a sinister web of the occult, myth, and eternal youth.
This seminal novel of Croatian Realism depicts the downfall of the Stipančić noble family from Senj through the lens of the father’s patriarchal despotism, the family’s delusions, and the social changes of the 19th century.
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