One, None, and a Hundred Thousand

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Also known as: “Uno, nessuno e centomila”

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Uno, nessuno e centomila (One, None, and a Hundred Thousand) is a novel by Luigi Pirandello, published between 1925 and 1926. The story explores the fragmented nature of personality and the disconnect between how individuals perceive themselves and how they are seen by others. The protagonist discovers that his wife and others see him differently than he sees himself, leading to a profound crisis of identity. This realization prompts him to question the very nature of reality and the self. Pirandello uses this narrative to delve into themes of illusion, truth, and the multiplicity of human personality, reflecting his broader philosophical interests in the relativity of truth and the ambiguity between fact and fiction.1

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…Uno, nessuno e centomila (1925–26; One, None, and a Hundred Thousand). Both are more typical than Il fu Mattia Pascal. The first, a historical novel reflecting the Sicily of the end of the 19th century and the general bitterness at the loss of the ideals of the Risorgimento (the movement…
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…Uno, nessuno e centomila (1925–26; One, None, and a Hundred Thousand). Both are more typical than Il fu Mattia Pascal. The first, a historical novel reflecting the Sicily of the end of the 19th century and the general bitterness at the loss of the ideals of the Risorgimento (the movement…
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