Un cavallo nella luna: Novelle

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Un cavallo nella luna: Novelle

by Luigi Pirandello

IT·~3 hours·5 chapters

Chapters

5 total

UN CAVALLO NELLA LUNA

0:20

UN CAVALLO NELLA LUNA.

1:04:35

DONNA MIMMA.

49:55

LA VENDETTA DEL CANE.

1:50:48

INDICE.

0:30

Description

In a sun‑scorched African plain, a newlywed couple is whisked into a remote, crumbling villa for the first days of their honeymoon. The gathering is anything but festive: guests stare at the pallid, restless groom, whose strange demeanor and unsettling color changes set a tone of unease. Beside him, his young bride—bright, impulsive, and still a child at heart—offers a stark contrast, her lively gestures both endearing and bewildering.

As the ceremony dissolves into awkward conversation, the bride’s sudden outburst and the groom’s trembling reveal a love teetering on the edge of obsession. Their fragile connection is tested by the harsh landscape and the watchful eyes of a skeptical colonel, while a lingering sense of mystery clings to the dust‑laden air. Listeners are drawn into a vivid portrait of passion, anxiety, and the surreal rituals that bind two very different souls together.

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Language

it

Duration

~3 hours (217K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Mar 18, 2018

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello

1867–1936

Best known for turning theater inside out, this Nobel Prize-winning Italian writer explored identity, illusion, and the strange gap between how people see themselves and how others see them. His stories and plays still feel modern for the way they mix sharp wit with deep unease.

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