Alberto Moravia’s protagonists, in the novels of his I’ve read, are almost self-consciously off-putting: narcissistic, self-loathing, compulsive, and sour. The experience of reading his novels can be like poking a bruise, both compelling and nauseating. In
- Very compelling - A question, was the book originally written in Italian?
Yes, the novel was originally written in Italian. I read it in a translation by Tami Calliope.