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Reading “Agostino” by Alberto Moravia was like watching a car crash I couldn’t look away from. This short book is about a young boy who enters adolescence on a summer vacation to the beach with his mother. Because of the disturbing subject matter,... read full post >>

Reading “Agostino” by Alberto Moravia was like watching a car crash I couldn’t look away from. This short book is about a young boy who enters adolescence on a summer vacation to the beach with his mother. Because of the disturbing subject matter,... read full post >>

I went into this book expecting a picturesque Italian summer novel ya super cute and fun … I was wrong. Reading this book as a psych major was actually an insane experience, cause all I could think about was Freud, and I had to stop myself from psychoanalyzing Agostino every page.  What I mainly want […] read full post >>

Agostino by Alberto Moravia is not the usual coming-of-age novel. The story revolves around the adolescence of a 13-year-old Agostino in the midst of puberty. The novel revolves around sexuality and emotions that the boy faces and how he tackles this uneasiness. Agostino is a mama’s boy and loves her however when a prospective suitor […] read full post >>

Impression   My first impression of this book was that it reminded me of Sigmund Freud. I thought to myself, what in the Freud (using Freud as if he was an adjective) was going on whether Agostino would unconventionally describe his mother in a sexual manner. This reminded me of the time when I was […] read full post >>

After reading the novel ‘Agostino’, I felt a mix of emotions as, to be honest, I found this novel a bit strange and weird. The protagonist of the book, Agostino is portrayed as a rich yet innocent boy who does not yet know about the truths and fascinations associated with the real world until he […] read full post >>

Welcome back everyone! This week’s book is Agostino, written by Alberto Moravia. This is one of my most liked books, mainly because the story line captures the essence of the boy’s feelings. Another thing that struck me was the connection between this book, and The Swann’s Way, by Marcel Proust, because of the resemblance of […] read full post >>

Despite being relatively short, I think “Agostino” does a great job of encapsulating the confusing transition from childhood innocence to adolescence. I found this book to be much easier reading not only length wise, but content (words) wise as well. Agostino spends his summer days closely attached to his widowed mother. However, his identity and […] read full post >>

     As I read “The Shrouded Woman” I was haunted by its themes of death and effective use of a “stream of consciousness” style of narration. The author’s choice to set the novel primarily on the deathbed of Ana Maria is highly prov... read full post >>

     As I read “The Shrouded Woman” I was haunted by its themes of death and effective use of a “stream of consciousness” style of narration. The author’s choice to set the novel primarily on the deathbed of Ana Maria is highly prov... read full post >>