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      Life

      by Italo Svevo
      Published
      Jun 1991
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      A Life is the gruelling tale of the frustrated existence of a bank clerk with a poetic soul. The artistic aspirations of the protagonist and the emptiness of his daily life become tragic in the great divide between what he wants and what he actually has and gets. Alfonso the bank clerk wants to be a poet and seems to be falling in love with Annetta, the vain and arrogant daughter of his boss. But the emptiness of both his attempts at writing and at love lead to an ironic and painful conclusion.

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      First Edition Jun 1991 Penguin ISBN13 9780140181869 ISBN10 0140181865
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      Mar 2002 Pushkin Press ISBN13 9781901285352 ISBN10 1901285359
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      Apr 2006 Pushkin Press ISBN13 9781901285628 ISBN10 1901285626
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      Nov 2006 Pushkin Press ISBN10 B00LGUEOD2
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      Dec 2006 Pushkin Press Limited ISBN13 9781908968777 ISBN10 190896877X
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      Sep 2012 Pushkin Press ISBN10 B009A984KA
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