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A collection of 41 short stories: the characters act like "automatons" – mechanical, listless, incapable of authentic reaction to life's problems. Modern man alienated, trapped in routine, sex, money and passivity, without will or feelings.
Marcello Clerici, obsessed with normality after a traumatic childhood and a homosexual attack, becomes a fascist bureaucrat. He marries the average Giulia, and on their "honeymoon" in Paris, he is assigned to kill a former professor, anti-fascist Quadri.
In "Masquerade," Moravia satirically depicts fascist Italy through absurd political intrigue and disguise. "Marital Love" intimately explores erotic tension, possessiveness, and emotional alienation in everyday life.
Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.
U "Preziru" scenarist Riccardo opsesivno traži razlog zašto ga žena Emilia prezire i otuđuje se. U "Agostinu" 13-godišnji dječak na ljetovanju s majkom doživljava seksualno buđenje i shvaća majku kao ženu, gubeći dječaštvo.
Francesco Merighi vraća se u Rim nakon 9 godina u inozemstvu. Da bi napisao "autentičan" roman, vodi dnevnik o životu sa suprugom i njezinom kćeri Babe. Opsesivno analizira laž u odnosima, iskušenje incesta i nemogućnost autentičnosti.