Confessions of Zeno (riverrun editions)

A playful account of one man's life in early twentieth century Trieste

Informationen zum Autor Italo Svevo was the pen name of Ettore Schmitz, who was born in Trieste in 1861. He wrote two books as a young man, but failed to achieve any literary renown. Confessions of Zeno came to the attention of literary circles in Paris through Svevo's connection with James Joyce and was soon recognized as a comic masterpiece. Beryl de Zoete (1879 - 1962) was a ballet dancer, dance critic, dance researcher as well as a translator. She traveled extensively in Bali and South Asia and co-wrote the classic Dance and Drama in Bali. Michael Hofmann is a German-born poet and translator. Klappentext I am sure a cigarette has a more poignant flavour when it is the last'A neurotic Italian businessman obsessed by his own hypochondria, Zeno Cosini recounts his early years to his psychoanalyst Dr S as a form of therapy. With a cigarette stamped permanently between his fingers, he invents a self-serving and rationalized monologue of his life.As evocative a writer as his good friend James Joyce, in this modern classic, Svevo's examination of human experience is irresistible. During his time in Paris, Joyce circulated the manuscript among literary influencers, and Svevo soon came to be regarded as one of the great European modernists.riverrun editions presents Beryl de Zoete's 1930s translation of Zeno. De Zoete was a dancer, a dance theorist and a writer whose life was at least as interesting as anything she wrote or translated. Zusammenfassung A playful account of one man's life in early twentieth century Trieste

Vorwort
A playful account of one man's life in early twentieth century Trieste

Autorentext

Italo Svevo was the pen name of Ettore Schmitz, who was born in Trieste in 1861. He wrote two books as a young man, but failed to achieve any literary renown. Confessions of Zeno came to the attention of literary circles in Paris through Svevo's connection with James Joyce and was soon recognized as a comic masterpiece.

Beryl de Zoete (1879 - 1962) was a ballet dancer, dance critic, dance researcher as well as a translator. She traveled extensively in Bali and South Asia and co-wrote the classic Dance and Drama in Bali.

Michael Hofmann is a German-born poet and translator.

Klappentext

I am sure a cigarette has a more poignant flavour when it is the last'

A neurotic Italian businessman obsessed by his own hypochondria, Zeno Cosini recounts his early years to his psychoanalyst Dr S as a form of therapy. With a cigarette stamped permanently between his fingers, he invents a self-serving and rationalized monologue of his life.

As evocative a writer as his good friend James Joyce, in this modern classic, Svevo's examination of human experience is irresistible. During his time in Paris, Joyce circulated the manuscript among literary influencers, and Svevo soon came to be regarded as one of the great European modernists.

riverrun editions presents Beryl de Zoete's 1930s translation of Zeno. De Zoete was a dancer, a dance theorist and a writer whose life was at least as interesting as anything she wrote or translated.

Zusammenfassung
A playful account of one man's life in early twentieth century Trieste