Moravia, Alberto - Moravia, Alberto 1907–
Moravia, Alberto 1907–
Pseudonym of Alberto Pincherle. An Italian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter, Moravia is known for The Time of Indifference, The Woman of Rome, and Conjugal Love. He is a proponent of realism and sexuality in his fiction, as well as tedium and absurdity. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28.)
Apathy, indifference, the image of death in sex—these are Alberto Moravia's major and minor interests, and they constitute rather cramped quarters for such a restlessly prolific writer. Admirers must sometimes wish that Signore Moravia would swing out a little wider. Yet he keeps bounding back to his negative themes like a retriever who knows that they conceal something more significant. And such is his conviction, skill, and curious air of gloomy authority, that readers continue to bound along with him to see what he comes up with next—to the point where Moravia...
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