Confessions of Zeno
By: [by] Italo Svevo [pseud.] Translated from the Italian by B. De Zoete.
Contributors: De Zoete, Beryl, 1884-1962.
Series: Vintage Book -- K-63
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1958
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Italian fiction.
Work titles: Coscienza di Zeno.
Description: Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Italo Svevo's charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. The mind in question belongs to Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman who is writing his confessions at the behest of his psychiatrist. Here are Zeno's interminable attempts to quit smoking, his courtship of the beautiful yet unresponsive Ada, his unexpected -- and unexpectedly happy -- marriage to Ada's homely sister Augusta, and his affair with a shrill-voiced aspiring singer. -- Text refers to other edition.
Table of contents: title: The last cigarette; title: The death of my father; title: The story of my marriage; title: Wife and mistress; title: A business partnership; title: Psychoanalysis.