Uno, nessuno e centomila

My son asked me what I was reading and for a second I did not know how to answer. I only said: - One, no one, and one hundred thousand. - What do you mean? - Well you're one, right? - Yes. - And for me you are my son, to Anna you're her biggest brother, to grandmother you are her grandson, for the teache Leggi tutto

Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936) – Nobel Prize winning Italian playwright, novelist, poet and short story writer, perhaps best known for such outstanding plays as Six Characters in Search of an Author . One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand is so well-constructed, each section flowing smoothly into the Leggi tutto

“The capacity for deluding ourselves that today's reality is the only true one, on the one hand, sustains us, but on the other, it plunges us into an endless void, because today's reality is destined to prove delusion for us tomorrow; and life doesn't conclude. It can't conclude. Tomorrow if it c

" لم أعرف نفسي على الإطلاق، لم يكن لدي أي تصور خاص عن حقيقة نفسي، كنت في حالة من الوهم المتواصل، أكاد أكون مُنساباً، مرناً، الآخرون عرفوني، كلٌ على طريقته، وفقاً للحقيقة التي أسبغوها علي.. " بيراندللو عبقري للغاية لم أتوقع أن أقرأ له شيئاً كهذا، خاصة كأدباء إيطاليا الذين يتسمون بالبساطة والسحر وأسلوب Leggi tutto

من الأبيات الأثيرة لديّ. بيت لأمل دنقل يقول: إني لأفتح عيني .. حين أفتحها .. على كثيرٍ. و لكن لا أرى أحدا. اثنان على طريق واحد ينظران إلى السماء فماذا يرون؟الأول رأى طائرة محلقة في السماء و الثاني لم ير إلا زرقتها الصافية.ماذا دار بخلد كل منهما؟الأول تذكر السفر و الترحال و استعاد صوت النداء على الر Leggi tutto

This is one of those books that blows you away. Why? Well, Mr. Pirandello's novel will make you doubt about who you are for years. This is the book I would pick up if I were asked to choose the one novel which has taught me the most about life. This book is a challenging read. However, whenever you

“La vita si muove di continuo, e non può mai veramente vedere se stessa.” Chi, almeno una volta nella vita, non ha provato stupore sentendo la propria voce registrata? «Ma è proprio così la mia voce?» è l’inevitabile domanda che faremmo a chi è presente. Io ho fatto un esperimento da cui ho ricava Leggi tutto