Wayward Wife by Alberto Moravia
The Wayward Wife by Alberto Moravia. 1960 Farrar Straus and Cudahy, first U.S. edition, 221 pages. Moravia was one of the most best-selling writers in Italy in the last century. According to the New York Times book review: "The Italian novelist and short-story writer, Alberto Moravia, has always been preoccupied with the darker human relationships. Never has he depicted them more disturbingly than in "The Wayward Wife," a collection of seven short stories and a novella, originally written between 1927 and 1948."
Condition: Jacket in acceptable condition with chips and tears throughout, book in good condition, stain on front board, owner name on endpaper.
"As a result her whole person exhaled an air of faint, sly hypocrisy."
The Wayward Wife by Alberto Moravia. 1960 Farrar Straus and Cudahy, first U.S. edition, 221 pages. Moravia was one of the most best-selling writers in Italy in the last century. According to the New York Times book review: "The Italian novelist and short-story writer, Alberto Moravia, has always been preoccupied with the darker human relationships. Never has he depicted them more disturbingly than in "The Wayward Wife," a collection of seven short stories and a novella, originally written between 1927 and 1948."
Condition: Jacket in acceptable condition with chips and tears throughout, book in good condition, stain on front board, owner name on endpaper.
"As a result her whole person exhaled an air of faint, sly hypocrisy."