| A Perfect Hoax Contributor(s): Svevo, Italo (Author), Nichols, J. G. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1847497756 ISBN-13: 9781847497758 Publisher: Alma Books OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.30 lbs) 114 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing litt rateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house wants to commission a German translation of a long-forgotten novel Samigli had written and published at his own expense forty years ago. This leads the old man to reach new heights of self-delusion, spurred on by Gaia's succession of ruses. In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo - who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age - parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality. |