This week I chose to read the novel Agostino by Alberto Moravia. My decision to read this book came from some reviews I read on Goodreads that left me wondering what this novel was about. The story of Agostino was … Continue reading →
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Nada by Carmen Laforet really captured my attention as the book was filled with drama, relationships and betrayal surrounding a young university student. Laforet did an excellent job in portraying the characters as somewhat delusional as I often found myself questioning many of their actions. Although this book has a lot to unpack, this …
I am made to believe that it might be better to be in one’s own company than in the wrong one after reading Alberto Moravia’s “Agostino”. However, I think not having fun would definitely leave the narrator in an existential mindset. By avoiding this, he is trying to find some meaning through attaining experience that […]
Alberto Moravia’s Agostino depicts the confusion, family, and other interpersonal relationships, as well as the aim to reach the state of adulthood of a thirteen-year-old boy fascinatingly. In this book, it can be seen that the protagonist, Agostino, has a complex, intersective, and relatively interdependent relationship with two images that contribute to the development of […]
This novella was a rollercoaster ride, to say the least. I will first note that I used this site https://booksvooks.com/agostino-pdf-alberto-moravia.html to access the missing pages if anyone is looking for another copy. Now, to the novel. There seems to be a bit of an oedipus complex in both this book, and Swann’s, though Agostino is […]
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The uncomfortable and intimate relationship between a mother and son in Agostino felt similar to that of Swann’s way. Yet, Agostino’s desire for his mother was much more sexual. To begin, I noticed there was a lot of language about bodies, particularly women’s bodies. This, in combination with the crying and nakedness of the body […]
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