The Indifferent Man is the work of Alberto Moravia, a master of modern Italian literature. This was the first existentialist novel. Although Moravia was bedridden for a long time, he stubbornly fought against the disease, read a lot of books, and wrote excellent novels.
The book "The Indifferent Man" was completed at the age of 21, during his rehabilitation. At the age of 22, he shocked the world as soon as it was published.
Until the age of 18, Moravia spent almost all her time in physiotherapy, rehabilitation, and recuperation. But he loved to read, especially literary masterpieces, and his aunt would give him a few bells of books a week. He read a large number of Russian, French, British and other literary masterpieces, and liked the novels of famous writers such as Tolstoy, Flaubert, Bal jacket, and Dickens.
He once wrote in his letters, I read seven books a week, and when the new print package arrives, the last book you sent has been read in its entirety. You can imagine how deep his literary skills are. In addition, he taught himself many foreign languages, such as Latin, English, French, German, etc.
He was able to make a name for himself with "The Indifferent Man," the first novel of existentialism. He is also recognized as a great writer who was too late to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
When it comes to existentialism, the first thing that comes to mind may be writers like Camus and Calvino. But know that Moravia is their originator.
Calvino said, I have a preference for Moravia, who is the only writer in Italy, and in a certain sense I would like to call it a genre writer. Among the works he regularly submits, there are different definitions of morality in the passage of time in our time, which are closely related to customs, social changes, and popular ideological indicators.
You know, Calvino, Camus, Susan Sontag, Penelope, and so on, are his loyal readers.
He is the darling of the global literary scene, and his works include "Roman Woman", "Despise" and so on. It has been made into films, TV series and other literary and artistic works by different directors and different countries.
MichelLemari said That Moravia's work is seen as a starting point for an interventional literature that critically explores Italian society. He expressed an existential uneasiness long before Sartre's disgust and Camus's outsider, and the main figure in his work was usually a middle-class intellectual who was both clear-headed and powerless. These people are incapacitated and inactive of themselves, by feelings of guilt, who constantly and futilely adapt to a world far away from her, and the melancholy and indifference to life are the central themes of the Moravian world.
Once "The Indifferent Man" was released, it sold out within weeks. From its publication to the present, it has been reprinted every few years, and his best-selling level can be said to be almost unattainable. In 1964, indifferent people were made into a movie and put on the screen, and in 1988, they were made into a series. The 2020 film was released online and was loved by the public.
Who are the indifferent people?
Actor Valeria with Dedesky frankly said, who are the indifferent people today, all of us are first and foremost I am contemporary indifferent people, we are selfish, we are miserable, we can't face the people around us. We should understand that there will certainly be no happiness in this way.
Moravia's "The Indifferent Man", although it depicts the high society of the 20th century. But although almost 100 years have passed, the ideological struggles and emotional experiences that have emerged among indifferent people are still the same as what most modern people feel today.
Some people say that this is man's boredom of ordinary life, the pain of inability to act, and the search for true feelings. To read Moravia is to read the psychosis of our time.
"The Indifferent Man" is written about family tragedy and is about the indifference of modern people.
With concise and profound brushstrokes, the author describes two indifferent people. One is the protagonist, Carlla Ardengo, and the other is Michelet Ardenggo. They all have rich family foundations, are the heirs of the Aldengo family, and do not worry about food and clothing.
But they can't find the meaning of life, and have been living in pain, facing the world indifferently. It's like having hollow heart disease.
They are mentally numb, have no passion for life, have an indifferent attitude towards everything, lack confidence in themselves and others, and are powerless to change the status quo. They are hypocritical and selfish, and they are absurd. In The Indifferent Man, Moravia ruthlessly reveals the ugly nature of the bourgeoisie under the veil of beauty.
Once "The Indifferent Man" came out, it was boycotted by many capitalist affiliation countries at that time. They felt that the book denied all the value of man and ran counter to the propaganda of France.
Only veteran critic Boeuil Erjesse discovered the literary star. He said of Moravia at the time that a very young writer worth looking at was Alberto Moravia, who was born in Rome in 1907.
Moravia also lived up to expectations, and his work had a profound impact on the whole world.
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