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Il Mediatore
"Il mediatore" (''The Broker'') is one of Alberto Moravia, Alberto Moravia's sixty-one ''Racconti romani''. Cast of characters There are five characters in the story, "Il mediatore", listed by order of appearance: * The narrator, Proietti * Antonio, il maggiordomo (the princess's butler) * La principessa (the princess) * Signor Casiraghi, a potential buyer of the princess's apartment * Signor Pandolfi, another potential buyer Synopsis The story begins with the narrator, Proietti (a real estate broker) and Antonio, a butler who works for the princess. Proietti, the narrator, is a real estate agent who has been hired by the princess to sell her apartment. Antonio greets Proietti at the start of the story as he arrives and warns him that the princess has become greedy and money hungry since the death of her husband. At first, she is thought to be old, but Antonio points out that she is a mere 25 years old with a passion for business affairs, taking charge of financial situations want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Alberto Pincherle ; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel ''Gli indifferenti'' (''The Time of Indifference'' 1929) and for the anti-fascist novel ''Il Conformista'' (''The Conformist'' 1947), the basis for the film ''The Conformist'' (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are ''Agostino'', filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; ''Il disprezzo'' (''A Ghost at Noon'' or ''Contempt''), filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as ''Le Mépris'' (''Contempt'' 1963); ''La Noia'' (''Boredom''), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as ''The Empty Canvas'' in 1964 and ''La ciociara'', filmed by Vittorio De Sica as ''Two Women'' (1960). Cédric Kahn's ''L'Ennui'' (1998) is another version of ''La Noia''. Moravia onc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racconti Romani
''Racconti romani'' (''Roman Tales'') is a series of sixty-one short stories written by the Italian author, Alberto Moravia. Written and published initially in the Italian newspaper, '' Il Corriere della Sera'', they were published as a collection in 1954 by Bompiani. All of the stories are set in Rome or its surroundings after World War II and focus on 'the common people of Rome' (''Roma popolana'').Rai Radiofonia – Radioscrigno The characters in these stories tend to be the unemployed, ex-convicts, waiters, drivers, con artists, thieves and petty criminals, the average man (or woman) and the lower classes aspiring to climb out of poverty. All the stories are told in the first person with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
