{"product_id":"one-none-and-a-hundred-grand-9781962770347","title":"One, None, and a Hundred Grand","description":"\u003cb\u003eA hilarious exploration of the relativism of identity from Italian novelist and playwright Luigi Pirandello, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Vitangelo Moscarda's wife tells him his nose leans slightly to the right, his entire world swings off kilter. Loafing about, suddenly estranged from himself, he accosts friends, strangers, and passersby to look closely and confirm: Am I not the self I thought I was? Wandering from mirror to mirror, Moscarda embarks on a dizzying pursuit to see himself as others see him, to root out the stranger within. Searching endlessly for his true self, Moscarda ricochets through insecurity, reclusiveness, self-detachment, and doubt -- resolving, with icy recognition, that \"people roll through their lives like stones, complacent, insensate, and closed,\" locked in an unknown face. Things quickly escalate from pensive reflection to dramatic confrontations as the protagonist disintegrates. With sharp dialogue and comic brilliance, Pirandello dissolves the fixity of perception, challenging us to question the solidity of our own identities and to consider the ways we are each held captive by the gazes of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuigi Pirandello \u003c\/b\u003e(1867-1936) was a prolific Italian writer most famous for his plays, which inspired the absurdist \u003ci\u003ethéâtre de l'absurde\u003c\/i\u003e movement. An influence on writers and thinkers from Samuel Beckett to Jean-Paul Sartre, Pirandello won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for his contributions to European modernism. His metatheatrical play \u003ci\u003eSix Characters in Search of an Author\u003c\/i\u003e remains a cultural touchstone for contemporary playwrights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Wilsey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eOh the Glory of It All\u003c\/i\u003e, an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eMore Curious\u003c\/i\u003e, and, in collaboration with the actress Molly Shannon, the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eHello, Molly!\u003c\/i\u003e His documentary film about 9\/11, \u003ci\u003eIX XI\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming in 2026.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676153479442,"sku":"9781962770347","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_075631d2-c011-4f41-b7aa-e8838ff4a6b9.jpg?v=1761046478","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-none-and-a-hundred-grand-9781962770347","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}