The modern Italian classic discovered and championed by James Joyce, ZENOS CONSCIENCE is a marvel of psychological insight, published here in a fine new translation by William Weaver the first in more than seventy years.Italo Svevos masterpiece tells the story of a hapless, doubting, guiltridden man paralyzed by fits of ecstasy and despair and tickled by his own cleverness. His doctor advises him, as a form of therapy, to write his memoirs in doing so, Zeno reconstructs and ultimately reshapes the events of his life into a palatable reality for himself a reality, however, founded on compromise, delusion, and rationalization.With cigarette in hand, Zeno sets out in search of health and happiness, hoping along the way to free himself from countless vices, not least of which is his accursed "last cigarette!" (Zenos famously ineffectual refrain is inevitably followed by a lapse in resolve.) His amorous wanderings win him the shrill affections of an aspiring coloratura, and his confidence in his financial savoirfaire involves him in a hopeless speculative enterprise. Meanwhile, his trusting wife reliably awaits his return at appointed mealtimes. Zenos adventures rise to antic heights in this pioneering psychoanalytic novel, as his restlessly selfpreserving commentary inevitably embroiders the truth. Absorbing and devilishly entertaining, ZENOS CONSCIENCE is at once a comedy of errors, a sly testimonial to he joys of procrastination, and a surpassingly lucid vision of human...

Binding: Hardback;464 pages; Publisher: Everyman; Classification: FC; Weight: 712 g; Dimensions: 211 x 135 x 27

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