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| Author | Alberto Moravia |
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| Translator | William Weaver |
| Published | Bompiani (1982, Italian) Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1999, English) |
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| Pages | 297 |
| ISBN | 0374526524 |
1934 is a novel by Italian author Alberto Moravia first published in 1982. It is a political tale about an Italian anti-Fascist and the encounter he has with a German girl.
The story takes place in 1934 on a boat ride to Capri. It details the relationship between an Italian anti-Fascist—Lucio—and a scared, suicide-seeking German girl. It addresses large philosophical questions like the meaning of life, love and death, through the author's art. [1]
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