by Alberto Moravia · LUMEN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426412546
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The Conformist, first published in 1951, is a novel by Italian writer Alberto Moravia. The story follows Marcello Clerici, a man seeking normalcy in Fascist Italy who becomes a secret agent for the government. Through his journey, the novel explores themes of conformism, morality, and the search for identity in an oppressive political context. The work offers a scathing critique of Fascist society and the psychology of those who adapt to it.
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.
