Antonio in Love

Antonio in Love (La cosa buffa) is a 1966 novel by the Italian writer Giuseppe Berto. It is about a young man in Venice who decides to fall in love, but becomes troubled when the woman he selects responds positively and eagerly to his advances. The book uses long sentences and has been described as an ironic variation of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was published in English translation in 1968.

The book is the basis for the 1972 film La cosa buffa directed by Aldo Lado and starring Gianni Morandi. The film is a loose adaptation.