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When I flew down to Rome last week I wanted to bring with me a book by an Italian author. One of the Elena Ferrante´s new books could be a good choice, I actually bought the three first of them when they came, read the first one because it was the book of the month in my book club, but found it extremely boring........quite contrary to most other people it seems ;-)
Looking through my selves, where I have thousands of books, I found The Voyeur by Alberto Moravia. Bought on impulse many years ago at a booksale here in Norway, in a Norwegian translation, but never read it. Read it I did on the flight down + the two first nights. An easy read, a difficult book to understand. The Voyeur, or as the Norwegian title says - The Man who Sees, is about a father, a son, a wife, a nurse, an African woman, a girl, all spiced with sexuality. Sexuality, lust as a tool used my the author to highlight his point - we are all voyeurs. The novelist, the characters, and may be most of all the reader.
I found a very good review of the book in Los Angeles Times from May 1987, the year the book was written:
The Voyeur by Alberto Moravia
By the way, if you have read or read the book, you will understand why I chose this particular photo from Rome :-)
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