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by Alberto Moravia · Orbis · tapa dura · 403 pages
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La romana es una novela del escritor italiano Alberto Moravia, publicada en 1947. La historia se desarrolla en la Roma de la época de Mussolini y narra la vida de Adriana, una joven y hermosa mujer que se convierte en prostituta para mantener a su familia. A través de los ojos de Adriana, Moravia retrata la decadencia moral y la corrupción de la sociedad italiana durante el régimen fascista. La novela explora temas como la pobreza, la explotación, la identidad y la búsqueda de la felicidad en un mundo hostil.

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.