Conjugal Love was written in Italian (L'amore conjugale), by Alberto Moravia in 1947.[1] It was translated into English by Angus Davidson in 1951[2] and by Marina Harss and published by Other Press in 2007.[3]
The novel is written in the first person by a rich Italian dilettante who has gone with his wife to the countryside to attempt to write a novel. The situation is complicated, however, by the couple's decision to remain abstinent throughout this period, and the wife's accusation that her husband's barber has tried to molest her.[3]