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2017 Reprint of 1933 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Pirandello began writing it in 1909. In an autobiographical letter, published in 1924, the author refers to this work as the "...bitterest of all, profoundly... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Fiction. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. 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... Read Full Overview

Vitangelo Moscarda (aka Geng ), 20-something son of a deceased banker father, discovers that his wife (and everyone else) sees him quite differently from how he sees himself, sending him down a precipitous path to obsession and madness. He comes to a painful realization that... Read Full Overview

In an autobiographical letter, the author refers to this work as the "...bitterest of all, profoundly humoristic, about the decomposition of life...." Vitangelo, the protagonist, discovers by way of a completely irrelevant question that his wife poses to him that everyone... Read Full Overview

Cominciato al tramonto del primo decennio del '900, Uno, nessuno e centomila vide le stampe solamente nel 1926. un romanzo breve e conciso, ma al contempo sfaccettato, complesso. Pirandello inventa la maschera di Vitangelo Moscarda, usuraio che vive placidamente di rendita... Read Full Overview

One, None and a Hundred Thousand is a novel by Italian author Luigi Pirandello. The story follows the life of the protagonist, Vitangelo Moscarda, who becomes obsessed with the idea that he has multiple personalities. After noticing that people around him perceive him differently,... Read Full Overview

LUIGI PIRANDELLO (1867-1936) drammaturgo, scrittore e poeta italiano, insignito del Premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1934, precorre le esperienze libertarie della letteratura novecentesca dei primi trent anni. La sua narrazione in romanzi e novelle fu intesa soltanto dopo... Read Full Overview

One, No One and One Hundred Thousand (Italian: Uno, nessuno e centomila) is a 1926 novel by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. The novel had a rather long and difficult period of gestation. Pirandello began writing it in 1909. In an autobiographical letter, published in... Read Full Overview

In an autobiographical letter, the author refers to this work as the "...bitterest of all, profoundly humoristic, about the decomposition of life...." Vitangelo, the protagonist, discovers by way of a completely irrelevant question that his wife poses... Read Full Overview

In an autobiographical letter, the author refers to this work as the "...bitterest of all, profoundly humoristic, about the decomposition of life...." Vitangelo, the protagonist, discovers by way of a completely irrelevant question that his wife poses... Read Full Overview

Il protagonista di questa vicenda, Vitangelo Moscarda, una persona ordinaria, che ha ereditato da giovane la banca del padre e vive di rendita. Un giorno, tuttavia, in seguito all'osservazione da parte della moglie la quale gli dice che il suo naso leggermente storto, inizia... Read Full Overview

Voi credete di conoscervi se non vi costruite in qualche modo? E ch'io possa conoscervi, se non vi costruisco a modo mio? E voi me, se non mi costruite a modo vostro? Possiamo conoscere soltanto quello a cui riusciamo a dar forma. Ma che conoscenza pu essere? forse questa... Read Full Overview