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• Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature 1934

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'Pirandello's critique of industrial-technological advance and the human toll such work takes is still powerful and well-presented. As far as his analysis of the film-industry goes, it's remarkable for its times -- and not without relevance even today.' M.A. Orthofer in The Complete Review 'Though Pirandello first published this book on the heels of the Edwardian era, it remains curiously relevant to the modern-day reader - who, like Gubbio, will likely be familiar with the numbness of discerning the world through a lens or a screen.' Naomi Griffiths in Buzz Magazine

'Pirandello's critique of industrial-technological advance and the human toll such work takes is still powerful and well-presented. As far as his analysis of the film-industry goes, it's remarkable for its times -- and not without relevance even today.' M.A. Orthofer in The Complete Review 'Though Pirandello first published this book on the heels of the Edwardian era, it remains curiously relevant to the modern-day reader - who, like Gubbio, will likely be familiar with the numbness of discerning the world through a lens or a screen.' Naomi Griffiths in Buzz Magazine

'Pirandello's critique of industrial-technological advance and the human toll such work takes is still powerful and well-presented. As far as his analysis of the film-industry goes, it's remarkable for its times -- and not without relevance even today.' M.A. Orthofer in The Complete Review 'Though Pirandello first published this book on the heels of the Edwardian era, it remains curiously relevant to the modern-day reader - who, like Gubbio, will likely be familiar with the numbness of discerning the world through a lens or a screen.' Naomi Griffiths in Buzz Magazine

Author Information

Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)was born in Sicily in a prosperous middle-class family. After studying at Palermo, Rome and Bonn universities he devoted himself to literary pursuits and published, poetry, short stories, a novel and plays. The bankruptcy of his father in 1903 drastically altered his life. His wife became ill both mentally and physically and he contemplated committing suicide. It is against this background that he wrote The Late Mattia Pascal in 1904 which is seen as the beginning of all that is most interesting in his work. It was an immediate success .

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