by Alberto Moravia · 1984 Edicions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416987283
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Agostino is a novel by Italian author Alberto Moravia, published in 1944. The story follows a young boy named Agostino during his summer vacation on the Italian coast. Through his experiences and encounters, Agostino experiences a transition from childhood innocence to adult awareness, exploring themes of sexuality, social class, and the loss of innocence. The novel captures the complexity of adolescence and the search for identity in a constantly changing world.
Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti and for the anti-fascist novel Il conformista, the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are Agostino, filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; Il disprezzo, filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris ; La noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964 and La ciociara, filmed by Vittorio De Sica as Two Women (1960). Cédric Kahn's L'Ennui (1998) is another version of La noia.
