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Ivy (Hardcover): Grazia Deledda Ivy (Hardcover)
Grazia Deledda; Translated by Mary Ann Frese Witt, Martha Witt
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R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Henry IV - Followed by "The License" (Hardcover): Luigi Pirandello Henry IV - Followed by "The License" (Hardcover)
Luigi Pirandello; Translated by Martha Witt, Mary Ann Frese Witt
R864 Discovery Miles 8 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dance of the Necklace: Grazia Deledda The Dance of the Necklace
Grazia Deledda; Translated by Mary Ann Frese Witt, Martha Witt
R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ivy (Paperback): Grazia Deledda Ivy (Paperback)
Grazia Deledda; Translated by Mary Ann Frese Witt, Martha Witt
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R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Henry IV - Followed by "The License" (Paperback): Luigi Pirandello Henry IV - Followed by "The License" (Paperback)
Luigi Pirandello; Translated by Martha Witt, Mary Ann Frese Witt
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Paperback): Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author (Paperback)
Luigi Pirandello; Translated by Martha Witt, Mary Ann Frese Witt
R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Presented here for the first time together, and many for the first time in English, are the writings that formed the genesis of "Six Characters in Search of an Author," along with a new translation of the theater masterpiece itself by Martha Witt and Mary Ann Frese Witt. Although Pirandello's best-known play is now considered a revolutionary modernist work, it did not begin as avant-garde art, but rather in the musings of a relatively unknown Sicilian living in Rome. The writings included in this volume display its genesis. The idea of characters as living beings in dialogue with their author first appears as a major theme in a short story titled "Characters," published in 1906. Pirandello did not include it in any of his collections of short stories, and it has not previously been translated into English. The interaction between characters demanding to "live" in writing and an author who rejects them would be developed in Pirandello's 1911 story "The Tragedy of a Character." In 1925, Pirandello conceived the idea of writing a novel about an author who rejects the characters who come to him begging to be put into a novel, and in a July 1917 letter to his son, he gives the novel a title: "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore: Romanzo da fare" ("Six Characters in Search of an Author: A Novel to Be Made"). In this volume Martha Witt and Mary Ann Frese Witt provide all these materials for a complete appreciation of this masterwork. "Wonderfully fresh and readable, consistent as well as fluid, sensitive to the flows of the original language and yet smooth and precise, this new translation succeeds in bringing Pirandello's masterpiece to life once again. The introduction brilliantly captures the playwright's sense of humanity's unshakeable decency and moral dilemmas; the addition of a previously untranslated short story, "Characters," enlightens the play. English-speaking readers can now appreciate to the fullest the creative energy of a twentieth-century literary genius." - Valeria Finucci, Professor of Italian & Theater Studies, Duke University A new English translation. Introduction, notes, bibliography.

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Hardcover): Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author (Hardcover)
Luigi Pirandello; Translated by Martha Witt, Mary Ann Frese Witt
R772 R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Save R94 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Presented here for the first time together, and many for the first time in English, are the writings that formed the genesis of "Six Characters in Search of an Author," along with a new translation of the theater masterpiece itself by Martha Witt and Mary Ann Frese Witt. Although Pirandello's best-known play is now considered a revolutionary modernist work, it did not begin as avant-garde art, but rather in the musings of a relatively unknown Sicilian living in Rome. The writings included in this volume display its genesis. The idea of characters as living beings in dialogue with their author first appears as a major theme in a short story titled "Characters," published in 1906. Pirandello did not include it in any of his collections of short stories, and it has not previously been translated into English. The interaction between characters demanding to "live" in writing and an author who rejects them would be developed in Pirandello's 1911 story "The Tragedy of a Character." In 1925, Pirandello conceived the idea of writing a novel about an author who rejects the characters who come to him begging to be put into a novel, and in a July 1917 letter to his son, he gives the novel a title: "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore: Romanzo da fare" ("Six Characters in Search of an Author: A Novel to Be Made"). In this volume Martha Witt and Mary Ann Frese Witt provide all these materials for a complete appreciation of this masterwork. "Wonderfully fresh and readable, consistent as well as fluid, sensitive to the flows of the original language and yet smooth and precise, this new translation succeeds in bringing Pirandello's masterpiece to life once again. The introduction brilliantly captures the playwright's sense of humanity's unshakeable decency and moral dilemmas; the addition of a previously untranslated short story, "Characters," enlightens the play. English-speaking readers can now appreciate to the fullest the creative energy of a twentieth-century literary genius." - Valeria Finucci, Professor of Italian & Theater Studies, Duke University

Broken as Things Are (Paperback, 1st Picador ed): Martha Witt Broken as Things Are (Paperback, 1st Picador ed)
Martha Witt
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R535 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R82 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the day that Morgan-Lee is born, her extraordinarily beautiful and withdrawn older brother, Ginx, is obsessed by her. Inhabiting their own parallel world, the two communicate through a secret language and make-believe stories; when Morgan-Lee begins to explore friendships beyond their closed circle, however, Ginx becomes increasingly disturbed. In luminous prose, Martha Witt explores the intense and private world inhabited by these siblings and the inevitable and necessary pain of their separation.

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