This is an introduction to the life and literary contributions of a Nobel Prize winner and one of Italy's most distinguished writers, Luigi Pirandello. It evaluates the significance of his influence on 20th century literature.

In Luigi Pirandello's thought-provoking novel, One, No One and One Hundred Thousand, the protagonist, Vitangelo Moscarda, undergoes a profound identity crisis after a casual remark from his wife. This sets him on a journey of self-discovery, questioning the nature of reality, identity, and the multifaceted perceptions others have of him. Through a series of philosophical musings and encounters with various characters, Moscarda grapples with the fragmented nature of the self and the illusions that shape our understanding of the world.

The second of a two-volume set containing English translations of Luigi Pirandello's original Sicilian plays, retaining the names of the original characters, their dialogue, other perculiarities of the Sicilian tongue, and the nature and flavour of their mores.

This famous drama, an expressionistic parable by the Nobel Prize–winning playwright, explores such themes as the relativity of truth, the vanity and necessity of illusion, and the instability of human personalities.

This book constitutes a unique selection from that monumental corpus, will introduce to the English reading public some of Pirandello's most moving novelle. In each of them one can sense the deep compassion the author must have felt for his characters, generally portrayed as disaffected victims of society, destiny, or their own self deceptions.