Bitter honeymoon and other stories / Alberto Moravia
1961, First Edition. Harmondsworth, UK : Penguin Books. First Penguin edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and torn. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #434858
Series; Penguin books ; 1519. Physical description
206 pages ; 18 cm. Contents; Tired Courtesan [Cortigiana stanca] -- A sick boy's winter [Inverno di malato] -- The Imbroglio [L'imbroglio] -- The fall [La caduta] -- The unfortunate lover [L'amante infelice] -- Back to the sea [Ritorno al mare] -- The English officer [L'ufficiale inglese] -- Bitter honeymoon [Luna dimiele, sole di fiele]. Subjects; English fiction. Italian fiction. Summary; "Each of these stories is about the relationship of a man and a woman or a boy and a girl. But in all of them Moravia underlines a paradox: that true union comes through sympathy and not sex, but without sex no union is possible."
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