Zeno's Conscience

Name: Zeno's Conscience
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241372609
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By Italo Svevo

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Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo is a fascinating introspection into the life of Zeno Cosini, an unreliable narrator who embarks on a journey of self-examination through psychoanalysis. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Trieste, the novel combines humour with philosophical reflections as Zeno attempts to make sense of his relationships, his addiction to smoking, and his various personal and professional struggles. Through Zeno's diary entries, readers gain insight into his complex, often contradictory psyche.
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You might enjoy this book if you are drawn to introspective and psychological narratives. It offers a profound exploration of self-deception and personal growth, presenting a clever blend of humour and philosophical inquiry that provides insight into the complexity of human consciousness.

Zeno's Conscience

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A marvel of psychological insight from one of the most important Italian literary figures of the twentieth century.

This enormously engaging, strange novel is both an engrossing saga of a family and a hilarious account of addiction and failure. Its helpless hero, notionally undergoing psychiatric help, manages spectacularly to fail to give up smoking, run his business, or make sense of his private life.

A hymn to self-delusion and procrastination, Zeno's Conscience has provoked enormous affection in its readers both in Italian and English since its first publication in the 1920s.

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Zeno's Conscience is celebrated as a masterpiece of comic and introspective fiction, exploring the human illusion of freedom with wit and poignancy. It receives high praise for its intricate character study and the amusing, yet poignant, portrayal of a man's existential struggles and self-deceptions. Readers find the book's exploration of consciousness and self-awareness profoundly engaging.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241372609

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Translated by William Weaver
Translated by William Weaver
Translated by William Weaver

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 325g

Pages: 464

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Fiction General Fiction Italo Svevo Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Italo Svevo (1861-1928) lived most of his life in Trieste, now part of Italy, but then a port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Zeno's Conscience is his greatest work, seen by James Joyce as one of the century's handful of masterpieces. His other novels include As a Man Grows Older and A Life.