Alberto Moravia, Agostino
A conversation with Gaoheng Zhang
Questions on Agostino
1962 adaptation of Moravia’s novel
Videos about Alberto Moravia and Agostino
Like many of the other posts, this made me a uncomfortable. The vibe of the book was a little off to me. It was a great book to read and it was an easy red (compared to Proust and Bombal), … Continue reading
The whole novel of Nada felt eery to me, like I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. I suppose this is because of the aftermath of the Spanish civil war, as the lecture video states that the family’s trauma haunts the narrative – so it’s more like the shoe has already dropped, and everything […]
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I can’t even begin to tell you the number of times I sighed during this week’s read, and that’s only for the beginning. But what an optimal time it was to read Agostino, considering that I recently…
Hello all, and welcome back to the cottage. I can’t even begin to tell you the number of times I sighed during this week’s read, and that’s only for the beginning. But what an optimal time it was to read Agostino, considering that I recently…
This short novel by Moravia I thoroughly enjoyed reading and is definitely my favorite reading thus far in the course. It is fascinating to see how quickly Agostino loses his innocence through his encounters with the gang of boys from Vespucci beach and is exposed to some of the harsher and darker realities of the […]
