Summary of Agostino
“Agostino” is a novel about a 13-year-old boy who enjoys an idyllic summer with his young, widowed mother at a seaside resort in Tuscany. His world is turned upside down when his mother begins a relationship with a local man. Feeling abandoned, Agostino finds himself drawn to a group of rough local boys who ridicule him for his privileged background and his ignorance about women and sex.
Reasons to read AgostinoÂ
“Agostino” is a brief yet deeply affecting novella about lost innocence and the pains of growing up. It poignantly captures the awkward phase of adolescence, with Agostino being caught between childhood and adulthood. Alberto Moravia was a renowned Italian writer, awarded with the Premio Strega in 1952 for “I racconti” and the Premio Viareggio in 1961 for “La noia” (“Boredom”).
Original title: Agostino
Year of publication: 1944
Nr of pages: 128
