by Alberto Moravia · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447303755
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La campesina is a novel by the renowned Italian author Alberto Moravia, set during World War II. The story follows a mother and her daughter as they flee the bombings in Rome, becoming trapped between the battle lines. The novel explores themes of survival, innocence, and the brutality of war, showing how the protagonists struggle to maintain their humanity amidst chaos and moral degradation. Adapted to film by Vittorio de Sica as 'Two Women', this work is a moving portrayal of resilience and hope in times of conflict.
Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti and for the anti-fascist novel Il conformista, the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are Agostino, filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; Il disprezzo, filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris ; La noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964 and La ciociara, filmed by Vittorio De Sica as Two Women (1960). Cédric Kahn's L'Ennui (1998) is another version of La noia.
