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One of the greats among the greats. "Contempt" is a story about a screenwriter who loses his beautiful wife to his producer. Slowly the reader can see what's happening, and you just want to yell out at the page 'hey stupid, you are going to lose your beautiful wife to that awful man the producer!"

But alas it's too late. And here lies a story about a man who is blinded by his indifference to the world. A very romantic story of sorts that is not romantic.

A litle side note:

Jean-Luc Godard made this into an incredible film with Brigitte Bardot and Jack Palance. One of my all-time favorite films and book. One day on the bus I saw this beautiful girl reading not only "Contempt" but even better - a movie tie in mass market version of this novel. Vintage 1965. With Bardot on the cover, plus Godard's name as big as the author's (Alberto Moravia) name on the cover!

I was biting my lip till it bleed not to talk to this young beauty. Luckily she got off the bus. A week later I see her with another book: Andrew Loog Oldham's "Stoned." That is another favorite book of mine! And like "Contempt" very rare!

Now a normal person would think "oh we share the same taste in rare books." But instead I became totally paranoid thinking she was trying to trap me. She even smiled at me once our eyes met. I looked away! And I never saw her again. If you pretty girl are on goodreads, look me up.