Der alte Herr und das schöne Mädchen

An older gentleman falls in love with a young streetcar conductor and must now believe that his only unfulfilled passion so far is riding streetcars. The story of the good old man and the beautiful girl is Svevo's last and finest tale. A masterpiece about the once again inappropriately awakening spirits of life of a bourgeois Charlie Chaplin. The great ironist, alongside Luigi Pirandello and Eugenio Montale, one of the most significant Italian authors of the early 20th century, was also a traveling salesman. He describes his career in the text "Autobiographical Outline," which is supplemented here with biographical details and an editorial note. The atmospheric photo section by Arturo Giacomelli invites readers on a literary journey through Svevo's Trieste.