CONJUGAL LOVE

by Alberto Moravia ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 25, 1951

Again (The of Rome Adolescents) an explicit examination of licit and illicit passion which concentrates with finedrawn detail on the sensuous reflex, the emotional response. It is Silvio, recently married to Lida and luxuriating in his love for her, who feels for the first time able to fulfill the literary ambitions he had always had. But when he tries to write, he discovers that his nights with Lida have sapped his creative vigor, and he postpones a resumption of all intimacies until his first story is finished. During this time Lida is exposed to the attentions of his barber, and although she tries to resist them- by asking for his dismissal-she eventually fails. Conscious of his impotence as a man as well as his mediocrity as an aspirant author, Silvio considers suicide-eventually compromises for a conjugal love which has its fraility... Moravia has an established audience, both critical and popular, which this will not disappoint.

Pub Date: March 25, 1951

ISBN: 1590512219

Page Count: -

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Young

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1951

Categories: FICTION