Author: Luigi Pirandello
Title: As You Desire Me (Come Tu Mi Vuoi)
Publication: New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1931
Edition: First
Description: 221. A near fine copy in burgundy cloth with paper title label on spine Signed by Pirandello on ffep but no other marks at all Minor darkening to endpapers Unclipped DJ has some edge wear and chipping, but overall good
Works signed by this Nobel laureate are exceedingly scarce, particularly in dust jacket
From Wikipedia:
Luigi Pirandello (1867 â€" 1936) 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 power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre" He was an Italian nationalist and supported Fascism in a moderate way, at one point giving his Nobel Prize medal to the Fascist government to be melted down as part of the 1935 Oro alla Patria [it] ("Gold to the Fatherland") campaign during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd 221 pp. Near Fine / Good.
Seller ID: AA1196