>>7780453
Keep meaning to read Svevo. One of Joyce's inspirations for Leopold Bloom.
And Joyce admired Svevo's novel Senility.
But I haven't read him, so that's all I know about him

>>7780453
Italian here. I can't stand him. Zeno and Senility are about inepts who faff about for hundreds of pages being a waste of humanity.

>that cover

I like the idea but jesus.

Not as good as calvino

>>7780520
huh. someone else who used faffs about. if i had noticed i would have used something else.

>>7780453
Great ending

funniest stuff i've ever read this book is 10/10

>>7780847
Are you a girl?

enjoyed it a lot. can see why joyce admired it. it didn't really do anything for me until about halfway through after which it got progressively funnier/more enjoyable

the narrative/prose devices used might seem a bit trite now though.

>>7780520
Isn't that a little self loathing for an Italian?

>>7780847
Calvino is trash.

>>7780453

It's a book for fags, which makes the cover very appropriate

>>7781327
that's harsh. he's a fine author, and a very enjoyable read by anyone who appreciates literature and fiction.

>>7781323
What do you mean?

>>7781330
kek

I'm reading it at the moment. I'm at the part when Zeno is going to condesa his love to Ada but Guido starts playing the violin. It's a good novel, but not a great one. Weaver's translation is good. There are some parts that are brilliant, for example when he is talking about the dates of his promises. Also his relation with his father is rather poignant. Very Freudian book.

>>7781381
Okay, pleb

>>7781506
Confess***

>>7781508
you've sure convinced me anon.

>>7781506
it gets better senpai. the non-chronological narration means you get more layers added as the book goes on. the book starts fine but not great but it definitely gets better as it goes on imo.