{"product_id":"the-outcast-a-novel-9781978836501","title":"The Outcast: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn a nineteenth-century Sicilian village, Marta is banished from her home by her husband Rocco after he falsely accuses her of infidelity. The whole village turns against her, leading to the loss of her family home and business, and the deaths of her father and newborn child. Marta is determined to claw her way back into a society that excludes her. The Outcast is an early masterwork from Luigi Pirandello that combines elements of Zolaesque naturalism with emerging modernist aesthetics. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 314 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 11 August 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarta, a young wife in a nineteenth-century Sicilian village, is deeply in love with her husband, Rocco, and is expecting his child. However, when Rocco discovers a letter written to Marta by a would-be suitor, he falsely accuses her of infidelity and banishes her from their home. The whole village turns against the supposed adulteress, setting in motion a series of tragic events that culminate in the loss of Marta's family home and business, as well as the deaths of her father and newborn child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlunged into poverty and treated as a social leper, with practically nothing else to lose, Marta is determined to claw her way back into a society bent on excluding her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Outcast is an early masterwork from Nobel Prize–winning Italian author Luigi Pirandello that combines elements of Zolaesque naturalism with emerging modernist aesthetics. This fresh English translation, the first in nearly one hundred years, showcases Pirandello's deft play with language and his use of irony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book was translated thanks to a grant awarded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 203 x 127 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781978836501\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luigi Pirandello","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44528834150650,"sku":"9781978836501","price":52.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1692380781020_book.jpg?v=1693480871","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-outcast-a-novel-9781978836501","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}