The Time of Indifference
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Gli indifferenti, published in 1929 and translated as Time of Indifference, is a novel by Alberto Moravia. It is a realistic portrayal of the moral corruption within a middle-class family, focusing on a mother and her two children. The novel was considered a sensation and is known for its exploration of social alienation and loveless sexuality, themes that recur throughout Moravia's work.12
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, The Time of Indifference, 1953). Ignazio Silone was internationally known for anti-Fascist works written from Swiss exile, beginning with Fontamara (1930; Eng. trans., 1934); and Elio Vittorini wrote veiled criticism of the Fascist regime in a brilliant, Hemingway-like novel, Conversazione in Sicilia (1941; Conversation in…
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Italian literatureSocial commitment and the new realism…moral indifference, Gli indifferenti (1929; Time of Indifference). Carlo Bernari wrote a novel about the working classes, Tre operai (1934; “Three Workmen”); Cesare Pavese produced Paesi tuoi (1941; “Your Lands”; Eng. trans. The Harvesters); and Elio Vittorini wrote Conversazione in Sicilia (1941;
Read More…moral indifference, Gli indifferenti (1929; Time of Indifference). Carlo Bernari wrote a novel about the working classes, Tre operai (1934; “Three Workmen”); Cesare Pavese produced Paesi tuoi (1941; “Your Lands”; Eng. trans. The Harvesters); and Elio Vittorini wrote Conversazione in Sicilia (1941;
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