Confessions of Zeno by Italo Svevo
"Confessions of Zeno" is a satirical, semi-autobiographical novel that follows the life of Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman, as he tries to quit smoking. The book is presented as a diary, written at the suggestion of Zeno's psychoanalyst, and it details Zeno's thoughts on his health, his family, his business ventures, and his infatuation with a beautiful woman. Throughout the story, Zeno's attempts to quit smoking serve as a metaphor for his struggles with his personal weaknesses and his quest for self-understanding.
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- Published
- 1923
- Nationality
- Italian
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400-500
- Original Language
- Italian
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Consciência De Zeno
- Bekentenissen Van Zeno
- La Conciencia De Zeno / The Confessions Of Zeno
- La Coscienza Di Zeno
- La coscienza di Zeno
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- 19th on 100 Best Novels, in Translation, Since 1900 (CounterPunch)
- 20th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 64th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 98th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 629th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
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- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- Everything You Should Read without Being a Library Rat (Book by Luiz Carlos Lisboa)
- Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books - Honourable Mention (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith and Editors)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- List of the 100 best Italian books of the last 200 years (IL RIFUGIO DELL'IRCOCERVO)
- One Hundred Italian Novels (1901-1995) (Cento Romanzi Italiani)
- The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin (Book)
- The 100 Best Novels Of All Time (Runners-Up) (The Guardian)
- The 100 Novels You Must Read in Your Lifetime (Esquire)
- Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
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