{"product_id":"the-late-mattia-pascal-luigi-pirandello-9781903517994","title":"The Late Mattia Pascal","description":"\"Pascal, a landowner fallen on hard times and trapped in a miserable marriage, runs away from home and wins a lot of money at the gaming tables in Monte Carlo. Meanwhile a body has been found in the millrace of his village and it is assumed that Pascal has killed himself. Seizing what looks like a chance to create a new life, he travels to Rome under an assumed name and struggles to invent a different identity which he can inhabit. He fails, returns home, finds his wife has remarried and has to act out the role of being as it were a living ghost. All these tragic events are recounted with verve and wit and comes across clearly in Simborowski's spirited translation from the Italian.\" \u003cbr\u003eRobert Nye in The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luigi Pirandello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1903517990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781903517994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dedalus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 4.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Luigi Pirandello","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939106717951,"sku":"9781903517994","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3a13f61e-be55-4d5b-b802-fec6b57d1104.jpg?v=1681439536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-late-mattia-pascal-luigi-pirandello-9781903517994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}