One, No One and One Hundred Thousand

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One, No One and One Hundred Thousand is a novel by Luigi Pirandello that explores themes of identity, perception, and the fragmented self through a man's obsessive realization that others see him differently than he sees himself.

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instanceOf novel
adaptation radio adaptations
theatrical adaptations
author Luigi Pirandello NERFINISHED
authorNobelPrizeInLiteratureYear 1934
centralConflict discrepancy between self-image and others’ perceptions
countryOfOrigin Italy
firstPublicationForm serialized
firstPublicationMedium Italian literary magazine
genre modernist novel
philosophical novel
hasNobelPrizeWinningAuthor true
hasTranslation English
French
German
Spanish
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Modernism
literarySignificance considered one of Pirandello’s most important novels
major work in Pirandello’s exploration of identity
mainCharacter Vitangelo Moscarda NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person narration
originalLanguage Italian
originalTitle Uno, nessuno e centomila NERFINISHED
philosophicalInfluence existentialism
relativism
plotFocus a man’s obsessive realization that others see him differently than he sees himself
protagonistOccupation bourgeois rentier
publicationYear 1926
relatedConcept multiplicity of identities
relativity of the self
relatedWorkByAuthor Henry IV NERFINISHED
Six Characters in Search of an Author NERFINISHED
setting a small Italian town
structure introspective monologue
targetAudience adult readers
theme alienation
fragmented self
identity
madness
perception
self-knowledge
social roles
subjectivity of reality
timePeriodOfComposition early 20th century
tone introspective
ironic
philosophical

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