num_pages: 437
description: This 20th century masterpiece uses the traditional form of autobiography to explore some very untraditional themes. Under the guidance of a psychoanalyst an old man looks back over his life, exploring his motives and trying to make sense of things, but when he decides to abandon the treatment, his reminiscences are published by Doctor S as an act of revenge against the patient who has frustrated the doctor's own desire for complete understanding. In laying bare the disturbing power relations between therapist and subject, Svevo explores the dynamics of identity and self-knowledge in ways which link him with his great contemporaries, Joyce, Proust and Musil.
language: English
title: Zeno's Conscience
titlecomplete: Zeno's Conscience (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)
characters: Zeno Cosini
genres: Fiction, Italy, Psychology, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Italian Literature, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 25366
places: Italy, Trieste
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Everyman's Library