Memoir of Italo Svevo - Hardcover

Svevo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0910395578 ISBN 13: 9780910395571

Verlag: Northwestern University Press, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Svevo Livia Veneziani

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Críticas:

"[T]he book is a small triumph. It paints a memorable, but not uncritical, portrait of the man and the writer, the two complementing one another."--"Observer" "This loving yet objective reminiscence by his wife of 33 years limns an obsessive self-analyzer and chain smoker who was successful in business but frustrated in his literary pursuits until shortly before his death in 1928, when James Joyce, who claimed to have been greatly influenced by him and was his English-language tutor in Trieste, promoted his writings. . . . [A] serene, sparkling memoir."--"Publishers Weekly" "Ettore Schmitz, better known as Italo Svevo, was clearly lucky in his wife. Rather than burning his papers or burnishing his reputation (he is among the very best twentieth-century novelists), she set down her recollections of an ambiguous man with clarity and punctiliousness. Literary history as it should be writ, without flourishes."--Keith Botsford, "Bostonia" "As an introduction to this appealing author . . . this concise memoir cannot be bettered: it is affectionate, informative and a pleasure to read."--Michael Dirda, "Washington Post Book World"

Reseña del editor:

The Italian Italo Svevo had many things in common with other writers: a long struggle for recognition, a mutually respectful friendship with a noteworthy author (in Svevo's case, James Joyce), and a long list of neuroses. Unlike some writers, however, Svevo was fortunate to have a wife who worked tirelessly on his behalf.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Northwestern University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0910395578
• ISBN 13: 9780910395571
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 178