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Alberto Moravia

Born

in Via Sgambati, Rome, Italy

November 28, 1907

Died

September 26, 1990

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

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Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, was one of the leading Italian novelists of the twentieth century whose novels explore matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. He was also a journalist, playwright, essayist and film critic.
Moravia was an atheist, his writing was marked by its factual, cold, precise style, often depicting the malaise of the bourgeoisie, underpinned by high social and cultural awareness. Moravia believed that writers must, if they were to represent reality, assume a moral position, a clearly conceived political, social, and philosophical attitude, but also that, ultimately, "A writer survives in spite of his beliefs". ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 43,065 ratings · 3,618 reviews ·449 distinct works •Similar authors

	Gli indifferenti 3.75 avg rating — 8,780 ratings — published 1929 — 148 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contempt by Alberto Moravia, Tim Parks(Goodreads Author)(Introduction), Angus Davidson(Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 5,409 ratings — published 1954 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boredom by Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson(Translator), William Weaver(Introduction) 3.87 avg rating — 4,815 ratings — published 1960 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La ciociara 4.07 avg rating — 3,473 ratings — published 1957 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agostino 3.47 avg rating — 3,597 ratings — published 1945 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conformist by Alberto Moravia, Tami Calliope(Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 3,084 ratings — published 1951 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman of Rome by Alberto Moravia, Tami Calliope(Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 3,039 ratings — published 1947 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roman Tales 3.93 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 1954 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conjugal Love: A Novel 3.61 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 1943 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voyeur by Alberto Moravia, Tim Parks(Goodreads Author)(trans) 3.60 avg rating — 773 ratings — published 1985 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.”
― Alberto Moravia

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“And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.”
― Alberto Moravia, The Woman of Rome

tags: deception, fascination, love, men, monster, scorned, understanding, women

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“You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.”
― Alberto Moravia, Boredom

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