Description
A restless, privileged man in his mid-thirties—Dino—finds himself cut off from reality, trapped in a pervasive, corrosive boredom that seeps into every relationship and choice. As a failed artist and pampered son, he drifts through life with the sense that nothing truly touches him—until a young model draws him into an intense, unsettling attachment that threatens to upend his fragile sense of self. With Moravia’s sharp psychological insight and cool, unsparing prose, the novel explores how desire, privilege, and emotional emptiness can turn intimacy into obsession. At its core, it’s a study of alienation and the dangerous ways people seek meaning when they can no longer feel connected to the world.
Available Editions
paperback
NYRB Classics
Published Jul 31, 2004
352 pages
ISBN: 9781590171219
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Details
First Published
1999
Language
ita
Translation
From: ita
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Boredom by Alberto Moravia.