Nobel prize-winning Luigi Pirandello's classic novel on the nature of identity brims with sly humor, compelling drama, and skillfully depicted, oddly modern characters—all capped with timeless insight into the fragile human psyche. The novel had a rather long and difficult period of gestation. Pirandello began writing it in 1909.The novel begins when Vitangelo Moscarda's wife remarks that Vitangelo's nose tilts to the right. This commonplace interaction spurs the novel's unemployed, wealth...

After all, the “Moscarda” he believed himself to be was different when he was alone, or with his wife, his tenant, or his friends. And there were hundreds—no, thousands—of additional Moscardas in the minds of everyone who had met or heard of him.Moscarda grappled with this new knowledge: that he was not who he thought he was, nor who anyone else thought he was. And the people around him? They were not who he thought they were either.So he decided, in his own words, to “...fi...

Nobel prize-winning Luigi Pirandello’s classic novel on the nature of identity brims with sly humor, compelling drama, and skillfully depicted, oddly modern characters—all capped with timeless insight into the fragile human psyche.Luigi Pirandello's extraordinary final novel begins when Vitangelo Moscarda's wife remarks that Vitangelo's nose tilts to the right. This commonplace interaction spurs the novel's unemployed, wealthy narrator to examine himself, the way he perceives other...

Three Plays by Luigi Pirandello is a collection of three thought-provoking plays that delve into themes of identity, illusion, and the complexities of human existence. Each play explores the tension between reality and perception, characteristic of Pirandello's work.The first play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, is one of Pirandello's most famous works. It blurs the line between fiction and reality, as six characters interrupt a theater rehearsal, claiming that they have been aband...

A hilarious exploration of the relativism of identity from Italian novelist and playwright Luigi Pirandello, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature.This uproarious new translation of One, None, and a Hundred Grand delivers the defining work of Italian existentialism to an English speaking audience—in all its madcap glory. The novel’s hero is a wealthy twenty-four-year-old naïf who considers himself “a regular guy,” despite being cursed at birth with ...

In "One, None and a Hundred-thousand," Luigi Pirandello explores the complex interplay of identity and perception within the fabric of modern existence. Through the protagonist, Vitangelo Moscarda, the narrative delves into existential themes, questioning the nature of self and the multiplicity of perspectives that define it. Written in a distinctive style characterized by innovative narrative techniques and rich psychological insight, the novel mirrors the tumult of early 20th-century tho...

"Six Characters in Search of an Author" (1921) created Luigi Pirandello’s international reputation in the 1920s and is still the play by which he is most widely identified.With originality that was startling to his contemporaries, Pirandello introduced a striking and compelling dramatic situation that initially baffled but eventually dazzled audiences and critics alike.The comedy, written in Italian, helped lay the foundation for the Theatre of the Absurd, a literary genre po...

Includes the following plays:SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR,HENRY IV,RIGHT YOU ARE! (IF YOU THINK SO).

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo

Luigi Pirandello was born on 28th June 1867 into an upper-class family in Agrigento, in Sicily.In 1880, the family moved to Palermo and there he completed high school and thence to the University of Palermo, at that time the centre of what became the Fasci Siciliani movement. Although not an active member he had close friendships with many of its leading ideologists. Pirandello then completed his university studies in Rome and Bonn, receiving his Doctorate in March, 1891.Hi...

Pascal, a landowner fallen on hard times and trapped in a miserable marriage, runs away from home and wins a lot of money at the gaming tables in Monte Carlo. Meanwhile a body has been found in the millrace of his village and it is assumed that Pascal has killed himself. Seizing what looks like a chance to create a new life, he travels to Rome under an assumed name and struggles to invent a different identity which he can inhabit. He fails, returns home, finds his wife has remarried and ha...

Right You Are (If You Think So) by Luigi Pirandello is a brilliantly crafted theatrical work that explores the elusive nature of truth and the shifting boundaries between perception and reality. First performed in the early 20th century, this thought-provoking play stands as one of Pirandello's most incisive examinations of human psychology and social illusion. Set in a small provincial town, the story unfolds when a mysterious family arrives and quickly becomes the subject of intense curi...