Well, well, well… of course, Freud is back for more! After reading the first few pages, Freud was the man who immediately came to mind. In this week’s novel, I read Agostino by Moravia, and it’s definitely an interesting book. Going into it after reading the blurb, I expected it to be an innocent book […]
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Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! This week I read “Agostino” by Alberto Moravia and I really enjoyed it. I found it a quick read; I was able to finish the entire book in one sitting. This is the first book in this class that, once I picked it up, I […]
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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 […]
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In Alberto Morovia’s novella Agostino, the main character Agostino is a 13-year-old boy who has an unusual attachment with his mother. Despite he is already 13, he loves his mother with a “naive” heart and adores her as a mother figure. One summer, he and his widow’s mother went on holiday to the Tuscan coast, […]
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I had a lot of emotions and thoughts while reading Agostino by Alberto Moravia, to say the least. Firstly, based on the short description of the book on the RMST website alone, I don’t think I would have ever picked this book on my own volition. However, I am quite glad I picked this book, […]
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One theme that I found interesting in the novel was the theme of transition. Agostino is often caught between childhood and adulthood and expresses the want to enter the next stage of his life by doing more “adult” things. I think the moment when he isn’t allowed into the home at the end of the […]
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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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