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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great novel by underrated author,
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This review is from: A love affair (Hardcover)
Milan, 1960. A fifty year old man, single and with a comfortable economic position, goes to a brothel. There he meets a new prostitute, about twenty years old, called Leide, to whom he becomes immediately smitten (despite the fact that she is not, in his own words, particularly attractive). They become lovers, he falls for her obvious lies, he spends a lot of money on her, despite knowing that she sees a lot of other men. He knows he is being taken by a fool by her, but he just can't cut his ties to Leide. As time goes by, Leide increasingly humiliates him with her behavior. The plot is not terribly fresh, and the protagonist even quotes the Blue Angel to explain his predicament. But this potent book (originally written in 1963, and a best seller in Italy at the time) ought to be better known today. Italian Author Buzzati (1906-1972) is in my opinion incredibly underrated as he was one of the most important European authors of the 20th century.
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Love Affair by Dino Buzzati (Paperback - May 1969)
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