Eleven Short Stories - Luigi Pirandello

Eleven Short Stories by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Stanley Appelbaum, brings together a selection of the author’s shorter fiction. This paperback is a dual-language edition, presenting the original Italian text alongside new English translations on facing pages.

Key details

• Author: Luigi Pirandello
• Translator: Stanley Appelbaum
• Dual-language book with Italian and English on facing pages
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 208
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc

Synopsis

Luigi Pirandello, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature, is widely recognised for landmark plays including Six Characters in Search of an Author, as well as for a substantial body of short stories, poetry, novels and essays. This volume gathers 11 tales described as among his best, spanning from “Little Hut”, written in 1884, to “Mrs. Frola and Mr. Ponza, Her Son-in-Law”, first published in 1917 and later used as the basis for his play Right You Are If You Think You Are.

Also included are “Citrons from Sicily”, “With Other Eyes”, “A Voice”, “The Fly”, “The Oil Jar”, “It’s Not to be Taken Seriously”, “Think it Over, Giacomino!”, “A Character’s Tragedy” and “A Prancing Horse”. Brief introductions to each story, explanatory footnotes, and a biographical and critical introduction accompany the texts, making this edition particularly suited to students of Italian language and literature.

Rackhams Reference : IJX56RJFUB