Contempt (29 page)

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First published in Italy by Valentino Bompiani & Co. as
Il disprezzo
, 1954

Cover image: Georgii Petrusov, caricature of Aleksandr Rodchenko, 1933–1934

Cover design: Katy Homans

The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:

Moravia, Alberto, 1907–

[Disprezzo. English]

Contempt / Alberto Moravia ; introduction by Tim Parks ;

translated by Angus Davidson .

p. cm.

ISBN 0-940322-27-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

I. Davidson, Angus. II. Title.

PQ4829.062D513 1999

853’.912—dc 21
99-31899

eISBN 978-1-59017-484-5
v1.0

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