The Woman of Rome
by Alberto Moravia
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
380pp., inscribed with owner's name in ink to FEP. Translated by Lydia Holland. Penguin Books 880. Slight fold mark to front cover, sunned spine with minor marks of wear.
Synopsis
Alberto Moravia was born in Rome in 1907 and published his first novel at 21. In the 1930s, censored by Mussolini and the Vatican alike, Moravia resorted to writing under a pseudonym. During the war Moravia and his wife Elsa Morante lived in hiding in the mountains south of Rome until the liberation. Among his fourteen novels translated into English are The Conformist , Two Women , and The Time of Indifference . He died in 1990.
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- Bookseller
- Ari Dictum (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 598
- Title
- The Woman of Rome
- Author
- Alberto Moravia
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth Middlesex
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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