Moravia, Alberto
Moravia, Alberto , pseudonym of Alberto Pincherle ( 1907 – 90 ),Italian novelist. He played a major part in shaping neo-realism in Italian fiction after the Second World War. His first novel, Gli indifferenti (The Time of Indifference, 1929 ), portrayed a middle-class society sick with a moral inertia which favoured the rise of Fascism. La ciociara (Two Women, 1957 ), the most lyrical and complex of his novels, deals with the close of the war, when Italy was occupied by both Germans and Allies. La romana (The Woman of Rome, 1947 ) and Racconti romani (Roman Tales, 1957 ) draw on the language and culture of Roman plebeians in order to criticize middle-class values. Other full-length novels, notably Il conformista (The Conformist, 1951 ) and 1934 ( 1983 ), explore the psychosexual basis of politics.
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