Forfatter fødeår: 1861
Zenos bekendelser er romanen om den sidste cigaret, der alligevel aldrig bliver den sidste. Zeno er en klassisk Svevo'sk antihelt fra Trieste: en midaldrende grosserer, der i stedet for... Læs mere
Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Svevo's charming and splendidly idiosyncratic... Læs mere
A playful account of one man's life in early twentieth century Trieste
In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo – who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age – parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.