Books by Italo Svevo
language
English
review 1: Ah. Ah. The characteristic mild mix of pathos, ironic humour and profundity that permeates all of Svevo's work. An old man (about my age) falls in... love? lust? with a beautiful young woman as she drives her trolley (what we in Melbourne might call a tram) in Trieste at the star...
language
English
review 1: I read this in English, as that is my language. The title was translated as "The Nice Old Man and the Pretty Girl" and was sold to me in a hot pink pocket-sized edition from the good people at the Melville House. With that title, and in hot pink no less, I was sure I'd stumbled o...