Alberto Moravia. First American edition, first printing (stated). Dust jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped jacket with original price $5.95 on inside flap. In a mylar protective wrapper. Jacket design by the great Neil Fujita. There is some chipping on top of spine. Hardcover: Very Good+ New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. No writing or markings in this well preserved copy, 334 pp.
Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism.
"In short, the relationship between what is real and what is not and the relation between real life and the imagined life are at the core of this novel (as they are at the core of many twentieth century novels). Moravia’s exploration of this theme is certainly interesting and well worth reading." (themodernnovel.org)
First published in 1965 and translated into English in 1966 by Angus Davidson.
