Tales of Suicide

Download or read book Tales of Suicide written by Luigi Pirandello and published by Branden Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide, the act of killing oneself voluntarily and intentionally, is clearly one of the most important themes developed by Pirandello during his long literary career. Although he never focused on self-destruction as an end in itself, he made ample use of it to dramatise his tragic view of the human condition. Indeed, this theme recurs with astonishing frequency in his short stories, play and novels. It even appears sporadically in his poetry.