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A Perfect Hoax (Alma Classics 101 Pages): Italo Svevo

A Perfect Hoax (Alma Classics 101 Pages): Italo Svevo

by ItaloSvevo (Author), J.G.Nichols (Translator), ItaloSvevo (Author), Italo Svevo (Author), Italo Svevo (Author), J.G. Nichols (Translator), Translated by J.G. Nichols (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing litterateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house wants to commission a German translation of a long-forgotten novel Samigli had written and published at his own expense forty years ago. This leads the old man to reach new heights of self-delusion, spurred on by Gaia's succession of ruses. 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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 114
 Edition: Revised
 Publisher: Alma Classics
Published: 22 Nov 2018
ISBN 10: 1847497756
ISBN 13: 9781847497758
Book Overview: 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.

Media Reviews
... a wonderful comedy where the resourcefulness of the vain and creative mind is aided by a variety of unlikely circumstances in its desperate effort to reconstruct self-esteem and serenity - Tim Parks
Author Bio
Born in Trieste in 1861, Italo Svevo worked for a family paint business for most of his life and was unknown as a writer until the 1923 publication - thanks in part to the efforts of James Joyce - of Zeno's Conscience, which is now considered a classic of Italian fiction.