A Kind of Suicide

Two lonely hearts meet in the park of the Villa Borghese in Rome. They both frequent the Cafe Canova where the manager Omero Benfanati works in cooperation with a marriage agency. Enzo Graffeo/BIPs/Getty Images

Commentary

Jonathan Swift wrote in “Gulliver’s Travels,” “And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.”