Eleven Short Stories

Eleven Short StoriesWinner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for literature, Luigi Pirandello (1867 1936) is best known for such landmark plays as Six Characters in Search of an Author. One of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, he also distinguished himself in a vast outpouring of short stories, poetry, novels, and essays. The stories often provided the seeds for later novels and plays. The 11 tales included in this collection are among his best. Presented in the

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After this necessary background