E' la terza volta che lo leggo, ma ogni volta mi diverto da morire! Questo libro è davvero un capolavoro. Adoro Pirandello, la sua ironia è senza pari. Le sue storie assurde, che inizialmente sembrano solo una fandonia, si rivelano poi non così assurde quanto la realtà stessa. Ogni volta che leggo la postfazione dell'autore, 'Avvertenza sugli scrupoli della fantasia', sono rimasto senza parole. È incredibile che 17 anni dopo la prima pubblicazione del libro, ciò che è accaduto a Mattia Pascal sia capitato davvero ad Ambrogio Casati. Questa coincidenza è davvero sorprendente e rende ancora più intrigante la storia. Pirandello riesce a creare personaggi così reali e situazioni così coinvolgenti che il lettore si immerge completamente nel suo mondo. Questo libro è una vera gioia da leggere e lo consiglio a tutti quelli che amano la letteratura.

The author was influenced by legal newspaper news in 1904 when writing this novel. In it, the traces of the book "One, None, Thousands" written in 1924 can be clearly seen. The common problem of both books is about the tragicomic aspects of identity, character, and social life, especially the identities existing within a person's self.

The author's incisive touches on the social legal order also make people smile with pleasure in some places. But I think the theme that summarizes the author's pain and thought is hidden in the following words at the end of the book:

"The absurdities in life do not have to seem convincing because they are real. Unlike the absurdities that art has to be convincing in order to seem real. Then when they are convincing, they are no longer absurd.

An event in life can be absurd, but a work of art, if it is a real work of art, cannot be absurd.

Therefore, criticizing a work of art in the name of life on the grounds that it is absurd and unbelievable is simply stupidity.

In the name of art, yes. But not in the name of life."

One life, two lives. The shadow of a life. And two deaths.

Theatre of the Absurd, experimental, it oscillates between comedy and farce, considered one of the most important works of Italian literature - Pirandello is, after all, the third Italian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize - and, mainly, it was recommended to me by a dear friend whose taste and perceptive sensibility I respect.

However, it didn't win me over for a single moment. In many parts, I continued with effort, and in others, I thought about my own things. There were a few beautiful and philosophical quotes (excessively few for a book of this kind), but overall, I found it tiring. To take it a step further, I think it is exactly the opposite of The Stoner: an extremely interesting story that, however, didn't have the corresponding implementation. For my first encounter with Pirandello, I vote white.

And now I'm provoking the fans to tell me that I don't know Italian culture well enough, that I need to deepen my understanding of the daily life and customs of the country, or that the translation wasn't good.