Novelle per un Anno, vol. 11: La Giara
'Novelle per un Anno, vol. 11: La Giara' Summary
Don Lollò Zirafa, a wealthy landowner in Sicily, becomes obsessed with a valuable jar that he believes has been stolen. He hires a detective to find the jar and when it is finally recovered, he takes great pleasure in humiliating the thief. However, the thief's revenge is swift and terrible. He breaks the jar into a thousand pieces, leaving Don Lollò devastated. The story is a tragicomedy that explores the themes of honor, tradition, and the futility of revenge.Book Details
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Luigi Pirandello
Italian
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical...
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