Un cavallo nella luna: Novelle

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Un cavallo nella luna: Novelle

by Luigi Pirandello

IT·~3 hours

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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

2018-03-18

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello

1867–1936

Best known for turning questions of identity and illusion into gripping drama, this Nobel Prize-winning Italian writer helped reshape modern theater. His stories and plays often ask who we really are when every person sees us differently.

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