A character in this novel asserts that modern drama is encapsulated by a marionette play in which Orestes is too distracted by a tear in the ceiling of the stage to avenge his father.
A character in this novel asserts that modern drama is encapsulated by a marionette play in which Orestes is too distracted by a tear in the ceiling of the stage to avenge his father. In the preface to a later edition, its author dunks on the critics who jeered at its absurdity, by quoting a real-life article from a Milan newspaper mirroring this novel's plot. An argument in this novel culminates in the protagonist's Aunt Scholastica moulding wet dough on the face of his tyrannous mother-in-law Pescatore. The title character narrates this novel to Don Eligio while working a sinecure as custodian of the neglected Boccamazza (*) library. The corpse of a gambler who had shot himself compels the newly-wealthy protagonist of this novel to leave Monte Carlo, whereupon he assumes the name Adriano Reis after seeing a newspaper article reporting his own death. For 10 points, name this novel by Luigi Pirandello.
A character in this novel asserts that modern drama is encapsulated by a marionette play in which Orestes is too distracted by a tear in the ceiling of the stage to avenge his father.
The Late Mattia Pascal [or The Former Mattia Pascal; or Il fu Mattia Pascal]