As a Man Grows Older

Not so long ago Emilio Brentani was a promising young author. Now he is an insurance agent on the fast track to forty. He gains a new lease on life, though, when he falls for the young and gorgeous Angiolina-except that his angel just happens to be an unapologetic cheat. But what begins as a comedy of infatuated misunderstanding ends in tragedy, as Emilio's jealous persistence in his folly-against his friends' and devoted sister's advice, and even his own best knowledge-leads to the loss of the one person who, too late, he realizes he truly loves. Marked by deep humanity and earthy humor, by psychological insight and an elegant simplicity of style, As a Man Grows Older (Senilità, in Italian; the English title was the suggestion of Svevo's great friend and admirer, James Joyce) is a brilliant study of hopeless love and hapless indecision. It is a masterwork of Italian literature, here beautifully rendered into English in Beryl de Zoete's classic translation.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 09/30/2001
ISBN: 9780940322844
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.03h x 4.99w x 0.67d

Review Citations: New Yorker (The) 01/07/2002 pg. 74
New York Review of Books 09/26/2002 pg. 58