12 Facts About Zeno's Conscience

Zeno's Conscience is a novel by Italian writer Italo Svevo.

Zeno's Conscience writes about his father, his business, his wife, and his tobacco habit.

Previous novels follow a naturalistic model; Zeno's Conscience, instead, is narrated in the first person, and is focused entirely on the character's thoughts and feelings.

Zeno's Conscience decides smoking is bad for him and smokes his "last cigarette" so he can quit.

Zeno's Conscience goes to doctors and asks friends to help him give up the habit, but to no avail.

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Zeno's Conscience starts to live closer to his father in case he passes away.

Zeno's Conscience's father is afraid of death, being very uncomfortable with the drafting of his will.

Zeno's Conscience is restless and shifts positions for comfort often, even though the doctor says that staying in bed would be good for his circulation.

Zeno's Conscience's last action will haunt Zeno until he reaches his sixties, as he is not able to tell if it was a final punishment or just his illness taking over his body.

Zeno's Conscience soon meets his rival for Ada's love, who is Guido Speier.

Zeno's Conscience spends his time visiting doctors, looking for a cure to his imagined sickness.

Zeno's Conscience comes to a realization that life itself resembles sickness because it has advancements and setbacks and always ends in death.