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A Perfect Hoax
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Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing littérateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house wants to commission a German translation of a long-forgotten novel Samigli had written and published at his own expense forty years ago. This leads the old man to reach new heights of self-delusion, spurred on by Gaia's succession of ruses.
In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo – who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age – parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.
Product details
| Published | Mar 19 2019 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 128 |
| ISBN | 9781847497758 |
| Imprint | Alma Classics |
| Dimensions | 198 x 128 mm |
| Series | Alma Classics 101 Pages |
| Publisher | Alma Books |
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