«He was an old, crooked man, with twisted, knotty joints, like an ancient Saracen olive stump. It took a hook to get a word out of him. A sullenness, or sadness rooted in that deformed body; or perhaps a distrust that no one could truly […]
Archivi Giornalieri: 31 Gennaio 2025
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By Sara Maria Collura. Courtesy of the Author. Pirandello’s works cannot be categorized within any contemporary literary movement. His political ideas were influenced by Bergson and his essay on laughter, in which the philosopher argues that irony is a form of detachment from the reality […]