Ernesto (novel)

Ernesto (novel)

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Infobox Book |
name = Ernesto
title_orig =
translator =


author = Umberto Saba
cover_artist =
country = Italy
language = Italian
series =
genre = Novel
publisher = Einaudi
release_date = 1975
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 162 pp (hardback edition)
isbn = NA
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Ernesto" is an autobiographical 'secret' novel by Umberto Saba, written in 1953 but not published until 1975, long after the author’s death.

Plot summary

Ernesto, a 16-year-old boy living in Trieste in 1898, has an affair with a 28-year-old Pederast worker simply called "the man". Ernesto subsequently has sex with the man frequently, but after an enjoyable experience with a female prostitute, he stops seeing him. He concentrates on studying the violin, and during a concert, Ernesto (now seventeen) meets a beautiful 15-year-old boy, also a violin player. He is called Emilio, nicknamed "Ilio".

Ernesto was made into a film in 1979. In the movie, the two boys start an intense intimate relationship. Emilio introduces Ernesto to his twin sister and Ernesto becomes confused, loving both the brother and the sister. This storyline is not in the main text of the novel, but reflects the reality of the complex sexuality in Saba’s life. The parts of Ilio and his twin sister are played by the same actress.

ee also

*List of books portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors
*Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films
*pederasty
*Pederastic filmography


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