LA COSA E ALTRI INCONTRI, I EDIZ. 1983 | ALBERTO MORAVIA

La cosa e altri racconti (1983) by Alberto Moravia is a provocative collection of twenty erotic fables dissecting themes of desire, power, and human isolation. Moravia employs a refined, almost clinical observational style to depict sexuality freed from conventional morality, exploring intense emotional and physical experiences without romanticization . Across tales like La cintura, he delves into power dynamics, including sadomasochism, as metaphors for existential vulnerability . The writing’s intimate realism and obsessive focus on bodily encounters reveal human truths amid societal disarray, set against a backdrop of 1980s malaise and lingering political trauma . This volume stands among Moravia's boldest narrative experiments—brutally honest, psychologically nuanced, and unwaveringly contemporary.