Agostino

Alberto Moravia • New York Review of Books • ISBN-13 978‑1590177372

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Agostino

Alberto Moravia • New York Review of Books

ISBN-10: 1590177371 · ISBN-13: 978‑1590177372 · 2014 · 1st Edition

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Agostino is a coming-of-age novel by Italian author Alberto Moravia, originally published in 1944. The story follows a young boy named Agostino who, during a summer vacation at the beach with his mother, becomes aware of the complexities of adult relationships and his own burgeoning sexuality. The novel explores themes of innocence, desire, and the loss of childhood.

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Publisher: New York Review of Books
Paperback1st Edition2014
Pages: 128Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

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Author: Alberto Moravia

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Inferred: Coming Of AgeInferred: ExistentialismInferred: Italian FictionInferred: Loss Of InnocenceInferred: NeorealismInferred: Psychological FictionInferred: 20th-Century LiteratureInferred: Classic Fiction

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Influences: James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Sigmund Freud, DostoevskyInfluence on: Italo Calvino, Pier Paolo PasoliniCornerstone of: Italian Neorealism In Literature, Italian Neorealist Literature

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