Luigi Pirandello Critical Essay | Critical Essay by The Times Literary Supplement

Critical Essay by The Times Literary Supplement

SOURCE: "Stories from Pirandello," in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 1623, March 9, 1933, p. 164.

In the following review, the critic extols the collection Better Think Twice about It.

Thirteen stories from Signor Pirandello's vast output of tales are included in [Better Think Twice about It]. Almost all of them are scenes of Sicilian life, humorous or tragic; and one would have been glad to see some of the other stories, which are equally characteristic and contain many germs of Signor Pirandello's later plays. Nevertheless, this small selection illustrates his mastery of the short story, the queer twist of his humour and the grimness of his tragedy.

Except for the immortal "La Giara," it is not likely that any of these stories are well known in England: in its English dress, however, that comic tale of the avaricious farmer and the old jar-mender who riveted himself up in the...
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