Zeno's Conscience: A Novel (Vintage International) - Softcover

"Svevo's masterpiece . . . [in] a fresh translation by the dean of Italian literary translators." -Los Angeles Times

"An excellent new rendering [of a] marvellous and original book."-James Wood, London Review of Books

"A masterpiece, a novel overflowing with human truth in all its murkiness, laughter and terror, a book as striking and relevant today as when it was first published, and a book that is in every good way-its originality included-like life." -Claire Messud, The New Republic

"Hilarious. . . . Effortlessly inventive and eerily prescient. . . . William Weaver . . . updates the novelist's idiosyncratic prose with great affection." -The Atlantic Monthly

"An event in modern publishing. For the first time, I believe, in English, we get the true, dark music, the pewter tints, of Svevo's great last novel. . . . [Svevo is] a master." -Joan Acocella, The New Yorker

"[An] exhilarating and utterly original novel. . . . Weaver's version strikes one as excellent." -P. N. Furbank, Literary Review

"One of the great comic novels of the twentieth century. . . . [Svevo is] perhaps the most significant Italian modernist novelist." -The Times Literary Supplement

"[A] neglected masterpiece. Seventy-five years old, the novel feels entirely modern." -The Boston Globe

"A reason for celebration. . . . If you have never read Svevo, do so as soon as you can. He is beautiful and important." -New Statesman

"One of the indispensable 20th-century novels. . . . A revolutionary book, and arguably (in fact, probably) the finest of all Italian novels." -Kirkus Reviews

"No one has done more to make modern Italian literature available in English than William Weaver. . . . [His new translation is] scrupulously accurate." -Anniston Star

Responding to his therapist's suggestion that he use writing as therapy, Zeno chronicles his own long struggle with quitting smoking. Originally published as The Confessions of Zeno in 1923. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.