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A Perfect Hoax (Paperback): Italo Svevo

A Perfect Hoax (Paperback)

Italo Svevo; Translated by J.G. Nichols

Series: 101 Pages Series - Alma Classics

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Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing litterateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house wants to commission a German translation of a long-forgotten novel Samigli had written and published at his own expense forty years ago. This leads the old man to reach new heights of self-delusion, spurred on by Gaia's succession of ruses. In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo - who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age - parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.

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Imprint: Alma Classics
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: 101 Pages Series - Alma Classics
Release date: November 2018
First published: 2018
Authors: Italo Svevo
Translators: J.G. Nichols
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 978-1-84749-775-8
Languages: English
Subtitles: Italian
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General
Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN: 1-84749-775-6
Barcode: 9781847497758

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