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Emilio and his sister Emilia live a poor life dependent on each other, and their lives are bleak. The appearance of Angelina illuminates Emilio like a ray of light, and Emilio, who is in his 30s, falls in love. But Angelina is essentially a dissolute and heartless woman. She deceives Emilio again and again and betrays his feelings. However, Emilio was deeply involved in it. He was exhausted in this relationship and had no time to take care of his sister. His sister finally died of illness, Angelina eloped with others, and Emilio lost his sister and lover at the same time... This is a whimper about "love" and "loneliness" in the history of literature.

"Zeno's Confessions" is a novel that interweaves psychology and literature. The masterpiece of Italian author Italo Svivo. Through the perspective of the protagonist Zeno, the novel deeply explores people's fantasies, illusions, impressions, thinking, consciousness and behaviors, revealing the crises hidden under the appearance of reliability and the anxiety that harasses people's existence. The structure of the novel is quite ingenious. The author pretends to be a psychiatrist and announces the privacy of his patient Zeno in the preface. Because the aging Zeno no longer followed the doctor's orders to write his memoirs, the doctor's psychological analysis was forced to stop. In retaliation, the doctor disclosed Zeno's medical records. In this lengthy autobiography, the protagonist Zeno introspects in an extremely serious and detailed manner, and at the same time full of pain and self-deprecation.