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Nobel Prize Winner Luigi Pirandello set out to write one short story per day for one whole year. Death kept him from fulfilling that goal; nevertheless, he came close to achieving it. Although there are several themes in the collection, the one on suicide and the one on madness seem to stand out. The late Giovanni Bussino, who had planned to translate all of Pirandellos stories into English, himself died before he could fulfill that goal. Luigi Pirandello became famous as an author of drama; his innovative techniques, however, and his delving into the psychology of his characters, brought him world acclaim. The same drama is played out in each character presented in this volume, especially in, Sunrise, In Silence, and, While the Heart Suffered. In many ways, their lives situations become similar to those of our own. Like Pirandellos characters, very often we find ourselves enclosed in jars that we build around ourselves only to realize that we have to break that jar in order to gain freedom. The problem or the question freedom from what? From the monsters weve created for ourselves, or from those created by others for us! Considered the Father of Modern Theater, Pirandello has has

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Author

from the Italian and with an introduction by Giovanni R. Bussino

Publisher

Brookline Village, MA: Dante University of America Press

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780937832318

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.41 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14