A Tale of an Old Widower and a Beautiful Girl

The events take place in Trieste during World War I. An old widower rides a tram driven by a young and beautiful girl. He: a sixty-year-old man of noble and pleasant appearance. She: a seductive and playful twenty-year-old beauty looking for a good job. While talking with her, he feels a strong sensual attraction to her, which prompts him to invite her to his home. During successive meetings, the two go to bed together; the old man, no longer accustomed to the difficulties of sex, falls ill. This makes him reflect on death and on this love adventure, and he writes a book titled "On the Relations Between Old Age and Youth", to which he devotes the last days of his life…