The Empty Canvas

By Alberto Moravia,

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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1 author picked The Empty Canvas as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

In this novel, time becomes almost a character. It is an empty time, although so heavy and thick, to fill in all the space around the protagonist Dino and to enter into him.

Art and sex, the only Dino’s activities, are not characterized by their distinctive passion and enthusiasm that sometimes destroy and sometimes raise a man. Art and sex become a dead pastime dominated by time alone.      

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