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Copyright © 1945 by RCS Libri S.p.A. Milan; Bompiani 1944–2010
Translation copyright © 2014 by Michael F. Moore
All rights reserved.
Agostino was first published in Italy in 1945 by Casa editrice Valentino Bompiani & C. S.p.A.
Cover image: Carlo Carra, Pine Tree by the Sea, 1921; private collection, Rome; Mondadori Portfolio / Electa / Art Resource, NY
Cover design: Katy Homans
The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:
Moravia, Alberto, 1907–1990.
Agostino / Alberto Moravia ; translated by Michael F. Moore.
pages cm. — (New York Review Books Classics)
ISBN 978-1-59017-723-5 (paperback)
I. Moore, Michael, 1954 August 24- II. Title.
PQ4829.O62A6313 2014
853'.912—dc23
2013050863
ISBN 978-1-59017-737-2
v1.0
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