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A Perfect Hoax
Italo Svevo
- Alma Books - Alma Classics
- 101-page classics
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Publisher | Alma Books - Alma Classics |
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ISBN | 9781847497758 |
Publication date | November 2018 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 210 x 150 mm |
Pages | 101 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Exhibition | 101-page classics |
Description
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.
A Perfect Hoax