The Late Mattia Pascal (The Eridanos Library 4)
ISBN-10:
0941419088
ISBN-13:
9780941419086
Author(s): Luigi Pirandello; William Weaver (Translator)
Edition: 1
Description:
Pascal, a landowner fallen on hard times and trapped in a miserable marriage, runs away from home and wins a lot of money at the gaming tables in Monte Carlo. Meanwhile, a dead body has been found in his village, and his neighbors assume it is Pascal- that he has killed himself. Seizing the chance to create a new life, Pascal travels to Rome under an assumed name, struggles to invent a different identity, fails, and returns home. There, he finds his wife has remarried. Now he must act out the role of a living ghost. These tragic events are recounted with verve and wit in Simborowski's spirited translation.
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