Eros

Half memoir & half novel, without apology or embarrassment, Eros explores the forms & meaning of physical passion in a man s life. A huge bestseller in Bevilacqua s native Italy, Eros relates his own encounters with love, describes women he has known, passes on stories he has been told, & dramatizes the experiences of lovers in the Parma of his childhood & the city of Rome, where he now works & lives. He knows how to bring to life a women s body, a situation or even something as slight as a brief anecdote, making it real & unforgettable. Tells about the stations of an education on sexual morality through the acceptance of pleasure.