A tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, offering an insightful portrait of the experience of losing touch with reality. Svevo also wrote the classic }Zeno's Conscience{ In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo – who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age – parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.
