Alberto Moravia, Agostino
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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 →
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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…
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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…
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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 […]
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feb 1, 2026 If I were to sum up my reading experience on Agostino it would be these images: Even though I listened to the lecture video and the conversation video before reading the book, it could not prepare me for the contents I got hit with at 100km/h. I learnt from the videos that […]
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