SECRECY AND SILENCE are second nature to Marcello Clerici, the hero
of The Conformist, a book which made Alberto Moravia one of the
world's most read postwar writers. Clerici is a man with everything
under control - a wife who loves him, colleagues who respect him,
the hidden power that comes with his secret work for the Italian
political police during the Mussolini years. But then he is
assigned to kill his former professor, now in exile, to demonstrate
his loyalty to the Fascist state, and falls in love with a strange,
compelling woman; his life is torn open - and with it the corrupt
heart of Fascism. Moravia equates the rise of Italian Fascism with
the psychological needs of his protagonist for whom conformity
becomes an obsession in a life that has included parental neglect,
an oddly self-conscious desire to engage in cruel acts, and a type
of male beauty which, to Clerici's great distress, other men find
attractive.
"Moravia brings to light the devil in the flesh and in the psyche."
-"- The Atlantic Monthly
General
Imprint: |
Steerforth Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 1999 |
First published: |
November 1999 |
Authors: |
Alberto Moravia
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 142 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
323 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-883642-65-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-883642-65-5 |
Barcode: |
9781883642655 |
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