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SECRECY AND SILENCE are second nature to Marcello Clerici, the hero of The Conformist, a book which made Alberto Moravia one of the world's most read postwar writers. Clerici is a man with everything under control - a wife who loves him, colleagues who respect him, the hidden power that…
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1 author picked The Conformist as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I enjoyed Alberto Moravia’s descriptive style and vivid detail that create an illusion of reality; I was also impressed with his psychologically convincing characters.
A brilliant anti-fascist novel, The Conformist is the story of a man who becomes a secret police collaborator under Mussolini. Marchello volunteers his services to the state to “normalize” the crime he thinks he committed as a boy. He is a weak man who clings to the fascists for strength. Marchello’s mission is simple, but only on the surface: during his honeymoon in Paris, he has to meet his former professor, an anti-fascist, and confirm his…
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