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The Woman of Rome
by Moravia, Alberto
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. Reprint. Very Good+/Very Good. Grosset & Dunlap edition in photo illustrated dust jacket. Beige boards with red lettering on spine. Clean, no fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Translated from the Italian by Lydia Holland. 433 pages. Dust jacket has corner chips at top of spine, edgewear, price clipped at top corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel about a woman of Rome -- she is a strikingly beautiful artists' model who dreams of a home, a family of relief from the extreme poverty of lower-class Rome. Driven by a greedy mother, seduced by a married man, she turns inevitably to prostitution..
Synopsis
Alberto Moravia was born in Rome in 1907 and published his first novel at 21. In the 1930s, censored by Mussolini and the Vatican alike, Moravia resorted to writing under a pseudonym. During the war Moravia and his wife Elsa Morante lived in hiding in the mountains south of Rome until the liberation. Among his fourteen novels translated into English are The Conformist , Two Women , and The Time of Indifference . He died in 1990.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027231
- Title
- The Woman of Rome
- Author
- Moravia, Alberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- FICTION, NOVEL, ALBERTO MORAVIA, WOMEN, PROSTITUTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Price Clipped
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- Reprint
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- Good+
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- Jacket
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