Confessions of Zeno (riverrun editions)
Svevo, Italo / Zoete, Beryl de
I am sure a cigarette has a more poignant flavour when it is the last'A neurotic Italian businessman obsessed by his own hypochondria, Zeno Cosini recounts his early years to his psychoanalyst Dr S as a form of therapy. With a cigarette stamped permanently between his fingers, he invents a self-serving and rationalized monologue of his life.As evocative a writer as his good friend James Joyce, in this modern classic, Svevo's examination of hum...