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Contempt by Alberto Moravia · Booklabria

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Contempt

Man-woman relationshipsSpouses

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First published: 1999
Language: English
Editions: 3

Synopsis

Il disprezzo, known in English as Contempt or A Ghost At Noon, is an Italian existential novel by Alberto Moravia that came out in 1954. It was the basis for the 1963 film Le Mépris by Jean-Luc Godard.

Subjects: Man-woman relationships
Spouses
Marital conflict
Screenwriters
Set in: Italy
Capri

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