{"product_id":"9781847491442","title":"Plays: Vol.1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first volume of the complete theatrical works by one of the greatest and influential Italian authors of the 20th century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand seems real for you today, is going to be—like the reality of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eyesterday—an illusion tomorrow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first of three volumes collecting the complete plays of Luigi Pirandello, this volume contains some of Pirandello's most famous plays, including \u003ci\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEach in His Own Way\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Life That I Gave You\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several of his lesser-known works for the stage, some of which are translated into English for the first time. Preoccupied with the nature of truth and delusion, and treading dangerously on the borderline between sanity and madness, Pirandello's plays are a daring exploration of human actions and the dark motives lying behind them, and the culmination of the naturalistic school of theater inaugurated by authors such as Ibsen and Chekhov.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032835571952,"sku":"9781847491442","price":18.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847491442_p0.jpg?v=1763749201","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847491442","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}