These texts about Rome from the 1950s and 60s, appearing here for the first time in German translation, are Pasolini's eight touching declarations of love for the "grande metropoli popolare" and their poetic farewell. Pasolini recounts his love for this city, which, however, began to change during his lifetime due to the rising centralism of consumerism: a love with an unhappy ending. A "must-read" for all Pasolini fans, and a "should" for those who want to look behind the present façade of Rome. The photographs by Herbert List from the time the texts were written give the book its unique atmosphere. Dorothea Diekmann's afterword discusses Pasolini's unfulfilled love for the Eternal City.