Moravia Alberto

Mo·ra·vi·a

 (mō-rä′vē-ə, -vyä), Alberto Pen name of Alberto Pincherle. 1907-1990.

Italian writer whose novels, such as Time of Desecration (1978), explore the alienation and ennui of the middle class.

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