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Confessions Of Zeno - Community Reviews back

by Italo Svevo, Ettore Schmitz
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Calyre
Calyre rated it 9 years ago
Du même coup, le chagrin que j'éprouvais de ne pas savoir si j'étais essentiellement bon s'atténua. Il me semblait que j'avais résolu un angoissant problème: nous ne sommes ni bons ni méchants, et il y a bien d'autres choses encore que nous ne sommes pas. La bonté est une lumière qui n'éclaire que p...
The Bookchemist
The Bookchemist rated it 11 years ago
A few other books can talk about the Modern man, about human life in the 20th century - and way beyond that - with such masterful balance between plot and reflection, story and history, personal and global. Since that wasn't enough, possibly the most beautiful Italian prose of the whole century.The ...
Mommy, am I cult?
Mommy, am I cult? rated it 12 years ago
Hilarious at some parts, but it has some rhythm problems. I thought it was just me, but from what I read in other reviews, people usually take a long period of time to finish it. My favorite parts were when Zeno decides to get married and engages in courtship and the beginning of his new commercial ...
madbkwm
madbkwm rated it 14 years ago
I am reading a book now that made me think of this one; unfortunately I read it prior to starting my good reads account; but wanted to at least paste in the quote that was my favorite (so much so that I could find it scrolling through my sent emails):"While I sit here analyzing myself a sudden doubt...
Lavinia
Lavinia rated it 16 years ago
2 stars and a half. A bit too praised and overrated for what it's worth, imho. Everybody says it's OMG funny. It is humoresque, indeed, but not haha funny; rather oh, come on! funny, if that means anything to anybody. I'm sure happy I bought it 6 times cheaper than its original price.Speaking of psy...
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