Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia (1907-1990), the child of a wealthy family, was raised at home because of illness. He published his first novel, The Time of Indifference, at the age of twenty-three. Banned from publishing under Mussolini, he emerged after World War II as one of the most admired and influential twentieth-century Italian writers.
From the Review
May 6, 1971: An Open Letter to Fidel Castro (letter)
March 26, 1970: Dreaming Up Petronius
Fellini Satyricon directed by Federico Fellini, produced by Alberto Grimaldi
From New York Review Books
 | Boredom Boredom, the story of a failed artist and pampered son of a rich family who becomes dangerously attached to a young model, examines the complex relations between money, sex, and imperiled masculinity. |
 | Contempt All the qualities for which Alberto Moravia is justly famous—his cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sex—are evident in this story of a failing marriage. |