novel "Duo"

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"Duo" is a novel by Italian writer Alberto Moravia that explores the psychological and emotional unraveling of a marriage against the backdrop of Fascist-era Italy.

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instanceOf novel
author Alberto Moravia NERFINISHED
belongsToTradition European psychological novel
concerns erosion of intimacy
suspicion and mistrust
countryOfOrigin Italy
depicts tension between public ideology and private life
explores breakdown of communication in marriage
emotional dependency
impact of political climate on private life
moral ambiguity
sexual jealousy
genre domestic fiction
literary fiction
psychological novel
hasAuthorNationality Italian
hasCharacterType bourgeois protagonists
married couple
hasCulturalContext interwar Italy
hasEmotionalTone claustrophobic
melancholic
tense
hasForm prose
hasPoliticalContext Italian Fascism NERFINISHED
hasPsychologicalDimension introspective analysis of motives
hasTemporalContext 20th century
hasWorkType fictional narrative
intendedAudience adult readers
literaryMovement 20th-century Italian literature
literaryReputation serious literary work
mainTheme Fascist-era Italian society
betrayal
emotional alienation
jealousy
marital crisis
power dynamics in relationships
psychological unraveling
narrativeFocus inner life of characters
narrativeStyle psychological realism
originalLanguage Italian
partOfAuthorOeuvre Alberto Moravia's novels
settingCountry Italy NERFINISHED
settingPeriod Fascist-era Italy NERFINISHED

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