Zeno's conscience : a novel

{ NOV 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 437 pages Published: 1923 Edition: Vintage Books (2003) Greatest Books (amalgamated list of best books) Translated From the Italian by: William Weaver (2001) Preface by: Elizabeth Hardwick Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Italo Svevo’s charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. The mind in question belongs to Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman who is writing his confessions at the behest of his psychiatrist. Here are Zeno’s interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpected–and unexpectedly happy–marriage to Ada’s homely sister Augusta, and his affair with a shrill-voiced aspiring singer. Relating these misadventures with wry wit and a perspicacity at once unblinking and compassionate, Zeno’s Conscience_ _is a miracle of psychological realism. “Svevo’s masterpiece . . . [in] a fresh translation by the dean of Italian literary translators.” –_Los Angeles Times “An excellent new rendering [of a] marvellous and original book.”–James Wood, London Review of Books “A masterpiece, a novel overflowing with human truth in all its murkiness, laughter and terror, a book as striking and relevant today as when it was first published, and a book that is in every good way–its originality included–like life.” –Claire Messud, _The New Republic “Hilarious. . . . Effortlessly inventive and eerily prescient. . . . William Weaver . . . updates the novelist’s idiosyncratic prose with great affection.” –_The Atlantic Monthly “An event in modern publishing. For the first time, I believe, in English, we get the true, dark music, the pewter tints, of Svevo’s great last novel. . . . [Svevo is] a master.” –Joan Acocella, _The New Yorker “[An] exhilarating and utterly original novel. . . . Weaver’s version strikes one as excellent.” –P. N. Furbank, _Literary Review “One of the great comic novels of the twentieth century. . . . [Svevo is] perhaps _the most significant Italian modernist novelist.” –The Times Literary Supplement “[A] neglected masterpiece. Seventy-five years old, the novel feels entirely modern.” –_The Boston Globe “A reason for celebration. . . . If you have never read Svevo, do so as soon as you can. He is beautiful and important.” –_New Statesman “One of the indispensable 20th-century novels. . . . A revolutionary book, and arguably (in fact, probably) the finest of all Italian novels.” –_Kirkus Reviews “No one has done more to make modern Italian literature available in English than William Weaver. . . . [His new translation is] scrupulously accurate.” –_Anniston Star

Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Italo Svevo’s charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. The mind in question belongs to Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman who is writing his confessions at the behest of his psychiatrist. Here are Zeno’s interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpected–and unexpectedly happy–marriage to Ada’s homely sister Augusta, and his affair with a shrill-voiced aspiring singer. Relating these misadventures with wry wit and a perspicacity at once unblinking and compassionate, Zeno’s Conscience is a miracle of psychological realism.

Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Italo Svevos charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. The mind in question belongs to one Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman who is writing his confessions at the behest of his psychiatrist. Here are Zenos interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpectedand unexpectedly happymarriage to Adas homely sister Augusta, and his affair with a shrill-voiced aspiring singer. Relating these misadventures with wry wit and irony, and a perspicacity at once unblinking and compassionate, Zenos Conscience is a miracle of psychological realism. Zeno Corsini, a neurotic Italian businessman is writing his confessions at the behest of his psychiatrist. He relates his interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpected, and unexpectedly happy, marriage to Ada's homely sister Augusta, and his affair with a shrill-voiced aspiring singer. Relating these misadventures with wry wit and a perspicacity at once unblinking and compassionate, this book is a miracle of psychological realism Responding to his therapist's suggestion that he use writing as therapy, Zeno chronicles his own long struggle with quitting smoking. Originally published as The Confessions of Zeno in 1923. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. Op verzoek van zijn psychiater houdt een oudere man boek van zijn strijd met slechte gewoontes