A perfect hoax
Svevo, Italo, 1861-19282018
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Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing litterateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house wants to commission a German translation of a long-forgotten novel Samigli had written and published at his own expense forty years ago. This leads the old man to reach new heights of self-delusion, spurred on by Gaia's succession of ruses. In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo - who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age - parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.
Main title:
A perfect hoax / Italo Svevo ; translated by J.G. Nichols ; foreword by Tim Parks.
Imprint:
London : Alma Classics, 2018.London : Alma Classics, 2018.
Collation:
114 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781847497758 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
2057516