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The Woman of Rome [Hardcover]

Alberto Moravia (Author), Lydia Holland (Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 433 pages
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Company; 1st edition (June 1949)
  • ISBN-10: 9997406222
  • ISBN-13: 978-9997406224
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,114,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable, November 28, 2003
This review is from: The Woman of Rome (Hardcover)
This story of innocence and failure is told by the beautiful and flawed Adriana, whose desire for a tranquil life cannot reconcile itself with the corrupt world she lives in and cannot escape from. Set in Mussolini's Rome, the elegant and readable story is full of the kinds of complexities and frustrations real life provides.

Adriana is an unforgettable character, somehow maintaining her innocence and hope despite descending into what her society would call scandalous circumstances. Through her strength alone, it seems, the story manages to end with a touch of optimism.

The reputation of this book precedes it, and so I won't spend more time describing the plot or heaping more superlatives on what is likely the best book to come from Alberto Moravia, one of Italy's most underrated authors.

Read The Woman of Rome, and even if it touches you only a
fraction of the extent to which it touched me, that will be more than most books can aspire to.

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