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Title: The Oil Jar and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Luigi Pirandello, Stanley Applebaum, Stanley Appelbaum ISBN: 0-486-28459-X Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the author's best works
Comment: I looked into Pirandello because of his fame as a Nobel Prize winning author. I read "The Late Mattia Pascal" which was OK but nothing special. I came across a book of his short stories titled "The Naked Truth" and I became immediately aware of the power of this author. I realized that he is known for his plays but these stories of the rural Sicilian society were outstanding. I immediately sent for this book to pick up where the others left off. Unfortunately, these stories are not in the same class as the others. They are OK but, after reading the other book, I felt let down. Still there is some good writing in here. I did enjoy "It's not to be Taken Seriously" and several others. However, these stories seemed more of mainland Italian urban society and, thus, lacked the unique flavor of the others. I suggest you read this book and pay special attention to the story "The Fly". It was the one story from the other book that was repeated in this one. In it I believe you will see the type of story I previously found so impressive.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful slice of 19th century Sicilian life
Comment: This tiny booklet of short stories offers wonderful vignettes of 19th century life in Sicily. The characters come alive and some of the stories remind me of my late grandparents' tales about villagers in the "old country". Especially nice booklet for people of Sicilian descent.
Rating: 4
Summary: Cute stories for any reader
Comment: Not-Hard stories that anyone of just about any mental capacity can read and understand, I liked it for that. Great stories, stories pretty much based on the most common tales of humanity and society, but with an interesting twist. I rated it a 4 primarily for what it offers to a lot of people, the opportunity to read well written novelettes, and because its not quite a 5 (its no Les Miserables or War and Peace) but still enjoyable!
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Title: The Wine Dark Sea (New York Review Books Classics) by Leonardo Sciascia, Avril Bardoni, Albert Mobilio ISBN: 0940322536 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Eleven Short Stories/Undici Novelle: A Dual-Language Book by Luigi Pirandello, Stanley Appelbaum ISBN: 0486280918 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: New Italian Women: A Collection of Short Fiction by Martha King ISBN: 093497716X Publisher: Italica Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Loveless Love by Luigi Pirandello, J. G. Nichols ISBN: 1843910225 Publisher: Hesperus Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa ISBN: 0679731210 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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