Bitter Honeymoon
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What begins as a celebration of love quickly curdles into something far more unsettling in Alberto Moravia's Bitter Honeymoon, a razor-sharp collection of short stories that dissects the tensions, disappointments, and quiet cruelties lurking beneath the surface of intimate relationships. Set largely against the sun-drenched landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Italy, the stories follow men and women caught in the crosscurrents of desire, pride, and disillusionment — none more vividly than the title story, which chronicles a young couple whose honeymoon becomes a battlefield of wounded egos and unspoken resentments. Moravia, one of Italy's most celebrated and unflinching literary voices, writes with a cool, almost clinical precision that strips away romantic illusion to reveal the raw psychological mechanics of human connection. His prose is taut and unsentimental, presenting characters who are achingly self-aware yet tragically unable to escape their own contradictions. Bitter Honeymoon stands as a testament to his mastery of the short form — and a reminder that the most profound conflicts are often waged not on grand stages, but in the suffocating intimacy of a shared room.
Author: Alberto Moravia
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What begins as a celebration of love quickly curdles into something far more unsettling in Alberto Moravia's Bitter Honeymoon, a razor-sharp collection of short stories that dissects the tensions, disappointments, and quiet cruelties lurking beneath the surface of intimate relationships. Set largely against the sun-drenched landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Italy, the stories follow men and women caught in the crosscurrents of desire, pride, and disillusionment — none more vividly than the title story, which chronicles a young couple whose honeymoon becomes a battlefield of wounded egos and unspoken resentments. Moravia, one of Italy's most celebrated and unflinching literary voices, writes with a cool, almost clinical precision that strips away romantic illusion to reveal the raw psychological mechanics of human connection. His prose is taut and unsentimental, presenting characters who are achingly self-aware yet tragically unable to escape their own contradictions. Bitter Honeymoon stands as a testament to his mastery of the short form — and a reminder that the most profound conflicts are often waged not on grand stages, but in the suffocating intimacy of a shared room.