That's a fair and often funny reflection on life and freedom.

It offers a unique perspective that I can only truly appreciate when considering its connection to men.

The author's insights into the human condition are both thought-provoking and entertaining.

However, I did have a little trouble finishing this book due to its somewhat dated state.

The language and some of the concepts might seem a bit old-fashioned to modern readers.

Nevertheless, it is still worth a visit.

The book contains valuable lessons and ideas that can resonate with us today.

It serves as a reminder of the timeless themes of life and freedom, and how they have been explored and understood throughout history.

Despite its flaws, it has the power to engage and inspire readers, making it a worthwhile addition to any bookshelf.

“Io mi vidi escluso per sempre dalla vita senza possibilità di rientrarvi”. This powerful statement sets the tone for the exploration of identity and alienation in “uno, nessuno e centomila”. The protagonist, resigned to not even being able to know himself, overcomes the dilemma of identity by losing himself in a panicked vision of life. However, this is not the case for Mattia Pascal, a character who is radically attached to his identity. When, due to a combination of events, he is deprived of it, he immediately tries to create (literally) a new one, that of Adriano Meis.

This novel is a masterful exploration of themes such as strangeness and alienation, characterized by Pirandello's humor and numerous digressions of a purely philosophical nature. The very name of the protagonist may be an allusion to these themes: Pascal, like Theophile and Blaise, who respectively believed in reincarnation and the uncertainty of human life. It is incredible to think that the story is inspired by a real event (despite Croce's accusation of lack of verisimilitude!).

Overall, “uno, nessuno e centomila” is a thought-provoking and engaging novel that invites readers to question their own sense of identity and place in the world.

Attractive, just like the first time, with a smooth and good translation.

This statement implies a certain allure or charm that remains consistent, similar to the initial encounter. It could refer to a person, an object, or an experience that has retained its appeal over time.

The mention of a "smooth and good translation" suggests that the quality of the translation plays an important role in enhancing the overall attractiveness. A well-translated text can convey the original meaning accurately while also maintaining the beauty and essence of the original work.

In conclusion, being attractive like the first time, along with a great translation, creates a powerful combination that can leave a lasting impression on the audience. It showcases the importance of both initial charm and the ability to maintain it through quality translation.

Matteo Pascal, the protagonist

Luigi Pirandello

The author was born in Sicily, Italy in 1867 and died in 1936 due to a respiratory disease. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. He belonged to an aristocratic family that lived a comfortable life because of the sulfur trade.

The author is distinguished by his plays and short stories. His most important works include: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, The Life I Gave You, and more. He is considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century, and this novel is one of his most prominent fictional works...

The story of Matteo Pascal is told in a simple language. His circumstances change when his mother and daughter die on the same day. He works as a librarian, leaves his town for 15 days, goes to play roulette, and with a stroke of luck, he wins. He takes the train back to his town, pays off his debts, improves the situation of his wife and children, and reads in the newspaper that they found his body decomposed in an old well and dug it up and buried it...

After that, he feels a sense of freedom and believes that he is dead and begins a new life starting from his name. He chooses Rome to live in with a family, but he gets involved in the family's problems, especially since the father belongs to the Theosophical religion, and from there, philosophical discussions arise between him and the owner of the house...

The book contains deep existential questions, especially since the protagonist lives life as if he is looking at it from the other side, and thinks about life and death, freedom and stability, family, and big issues such as human ambition and their illusion of freedom...

After losing his identity, the protagonist finds it very difficult to return to his old life and remains in a state of confusion, especially since his society does not know him. Thus, he remains living in a swamp and searching for happiness. After several situations, he poses a question: If we admit that error is in human nature, wouldn't justice be a harshness that exceeds human ability?? And thus, after each situation, he asks himself deep questions that arise because of his unique situation...

Time is well controlled in the novel, while the place does not seem to be of great interest to the author, and he passes over it briefly and does not describe the places in detail except for a few events. His focus was on the crisis of identity and existence for a person who has lost all aspects of his existence since his childhood when his father died and a relative took over all his mother's property and left him, his brother, and their mother without a livelihood or support...

The novel can be a narration of the protagonist's life story and his different and unfamiliar experiences, but it contains through and diverse teachings that any person can benefit from regardless of the era in which he lives.

There is no doubt that I fell in love with Pirandello and his creativity and his sick mind.

There is also no doubt that the translation of the book, although the name Bohman, my dear, is not good.

But the most interesting point of the book is that the author wrote the story completely using his imagination and, because of its non-reality, it was criticized by the critics. But a few years later, he found a real sample of his story in the newspapers!!

This shows that sometimes our imagination can be closer to reality than we think. It also shows the power of literature and how it can capture the essence of human experience and emotions. Pirandello's work is a prime example of this, and it continues to inspire and challenge readers today.

Perhaps we should all take a page from his book and learn to embrace our own creativity and imagination, even if it leads us down unexpected paths.

Have you ever pondered the idea of venturing to a place where no one recognizes you and commencing a brand-new life as an entirely different person?

Luigi Pirandello enables Mattia Pascal to experience this fantasy. Tremendous misfortune has befallen Mattia Pascal, and there seems to be no glimmer of hope on the horizon. Unable to conceive of any other course of action, he flees, leaving behind everyone and everything. A few days later, on his way back home, he discovers that while he was absent, a corpse was erroneously identified as his, and he has been declared dead in his town. Amidst the confusion this engendered, one thought emerged: FREEDOM!! All the bonds of his past life were now severed, and Mattia could now reinvent himself and lead a new, improved life.

And then unfolds the tragi-comic narrative of the late Mattia Pascal. Life experiences play a crucial role in shaping an individual. In his attempt to obliterate his past, Mattia Pascal had to sacrifice a significant portion of himself. His roots were severed, and he was left empty, a mere shadow of a person. He found himself grappling with the questions of self-identity and his purpose in life. The people he had left behind, those who believed he was dead, were indeed liberated from him in a true sense. He, on the other hand, could not escape the past life he had lived. Poor Mattia's wretched adventure in living a new life reminds me of something Fyodor Dostoevsky stated in Crime and Punishment:

\\"If you ran away, you’d come back to yourself.\\"

Mattia never found genuine freedom; it was merely an illusion. The question of whether free will truly exists has been a longstanding debate. And Pirandello's stance on this is negative. What Mattia was experiencing was tyranny masquerading as freedom. How could he ever hope for a true friendship or relationship when he was not at liberty to disclose the real him to anyone? His freedom bound him in the chains of solitude, complete solitude. The only life remaining for Mattia Pascal was that of the ghost of himself.

Pirandello's writing is highly accessible and effortless to read. It is infused with wit, irony, and subtle humor. For casual readers, he presents a captivating and well-crafted story. For more discerning readers, it is interspersed with intriguing thoughts, reflections on life, and some beautiful passages. The novel is a delightful treat for those who have a penchant for existential themes and paradoxes.

My copy of the book features a brief and beautiful postscript by the author, in which he expounds on art, the contrast between reality and illusion, and how very realistic human significance can sometimes be unearthed in imaginary fables. This was in response to critics who had condemned his work for being unrealistic and distant from ordinary life.

The postscript is succeeded by another one that reports a *real life* case analogous to the life of Mattia Pascal in this novel, which occurred several years after the novel was first published. Fiction is, after all, real!

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Anche questo classico è stato recuperato. Tuttavia, non mi ha entusiasmato così tanto poiché non è affatto il mio genere. Tuttavia, ci insegna molto.

Ci dice che bisogna risolvere i nostri problemi invece di scappare. Quando affrontiamo i problemi, abbiamo la possibilità di trovare soluzioni e di crescere personalmente. Scappare invece, non fa altro che rimandare il problema e può portare a situazioni peggiori.

Che dobbiamo guardare dentro noi stessi prima di guardarci intorno. Prima di cercare spiegazioni o responsabilità negli altri, dobbiamo analizzare le nostre azioni, i nostri pensieri e le nostre emozioni. Solo così possiamo capire meglio noi stessi e prendere le decisioni giuste.

Che le bugie prima o poi si scoprono e non dobbiamo farne uso. La verità è sempre meglio, anche se può essere dolorosa. Le bugie possono creare problemi e distruggere le relazioni con gli altri.

Che non dobbiamo dipendere dagli altri. È importante essere indipendenti e avere la capacità di prendere decisioni per conto nostro. Tuttavia, non significa che non possiamo chiedere aiuto o supporto quando abbiamo bisogno.

E che senza un'istruzione tutti sono in grado di approfittarsi di noi. L'istruzione è fondamentale per poter comprendere il mondo che ci circonda e per poter difendersi dagli abusi. Senza un'istruzione, siamo più vulnerabili a essere ingannati o sfruttati.

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous works of the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello, which was published in 1904.

The story of Mattia Pascal... the man who dies twice and in anticipation of his third death, writes the story of his life.

The family, the period of childhood and youth, the boring married life from which he cannot escape.

One day, he reads a strange news in the newspaper and an opportunity for a new beginning is opened for him.

Can he get rid of his identity and past and simply put on the guise of another personality?

Mattia tries to flee in search of peace, love and happiness.

But through experience, he cannot break away from his true self and awaits his return to it.

Pirandello follows in a beautiful and witty manner the vicissitudes of life, the constraints of society and the desire for freedom.

The truth and illusions of reality and identity, what we really are and what we seem to be to others on the surface.

Before you embark on reading another book or complete the one you are currently engrossed in, before you sit down to watch another movie, and before you deeply contemplate any work of art, make your way to the nearest bookstore, library, or wherever your preferred place is to peruse books. There, seek out Pirandello's Il fu Mattia Pascal (The Late Mattia Pascal). Within its pages, you will discover "Avvertenza sugli scrupoli della fantasia" (A Warning on the Scruples of the Imagination). Just read those four or five pages, which are not truly part of the novel itself, and you will begin to perceive (perhaps) that Art is True.

Here is a sample: "Those gentlemen who, when judging a novel, condemn this or that character, this or that representation of facts or feelings, not in the name of art as would be appropriate, but in the name of a humanity that they seem to know flawlessly, as if it truly existed, yet is actually separate from that infinite variety of men and women who are capable of perpetrating all those aforementioned absurdities that don't need to appear plausible, because they are real." (my translation)

Oh yes, what about the novel itself? It is a philosophical jaunt into the meaning of what it is to be Alive. It is so excellent that I desired to read it again immediately, but of course, there is more literature waiting to be devoured........

[1] See also Moby-Dick

Another excellent and truly original book by Pirandello, both in comparison to the rest of his works that I have read over the years and in general.

Firstly, he is a master storyteller, using the first person (Mattia Pascal) as if he himself is not the writer. This ability, which not many authors possess, as in most of their works they are predictable since their style is unvarying, is a great advantage for the narrative. His storytelling is very vivid.

The hero, as he tells his life story, reads his own death in the newspapers. This particular scene is thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end. So he decides to flee from this life that has ended for others. Suddenly he feels free, far from any obligations, and thus he tests his luck.

Leaving far away, he rebuilds his life anew. However, after two years he realizes that he is a stranger in a society that did not accept him. Then he decides to return to his old life, happier than ever. But soon he will understand that everything has moved on and no one cares about him anymore.

"As soon as I got down on the street, I found myself lost again, even here, in my own particular homeland. Alone, without a home, without a destination."

Pirandello is accustomed to using simple plots, as in his play "Six Characters in Search of an Author", to create great works with great ideas. He is an artist of the word, with a great sense of humor. After reading his third work (and "One, No One and One Hundred Thousand" is the most profound), he has become a beloved author.

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Varias muertes? Desde la fantasía se hizo realidad este problema filosófico de la identidad.

This work addresses the philosophical problem of identity through the story of Matías Pascal, who is declared dead and takes advantage of it to free himself from his previous life. After a while, he realizes that he misses his self-identity, so he fakes his death again and returns to his former life. The most curious thing is that this story from the author's fantasy has become a reality. In some tragedies like that of Armero - Colombia, there are cases of people who fake their deaths to start a new life. And in the face of this, accompany me with the comments on this work and on the plausibility of the narrations. At the end, an interesting reflection contrasting reality and literature.

For a long time, I haven't read a profound work in this way. "The Outcast" by Matia Pascal is a novel about a man's desire to break free from a life that, like climbing plants, surrounds him on all sides and prevents him from feeling that he owns himself. I don't mean life in the sense of existence, but life in the sense of identity that is imprinted on a person by the people around him, that intertwining of fates and the strong connection between them, so that the person doesn't really feel the ownership of himself and the freedom to determine the way he wants to live.

Matia Pascal, after several distressing events, finds that the rock of life that was weighing on his chest has been lifted, and that he suddenly becomes dead to his family and his village. He decides to take advantage of the situation and actually disappear from their lives. This time, he chooses to live freely from any commitment, but like a magnet, he attracts other people and becomes entrapped in even stronger bonds than those he escaped from.

The novel also delves into the human soul and provides a good portrayal of the suffering that results from inventing a big lie and then building on it.

The translation is bad. It has spoiled the pleasure of reading such an Italian literary gem.