Short story collection review

Loveless Love

By Luigi Pirandello

Published by Hesperus Press

Rigid, psychological and deeply bitter, Pirandello's three short stories tell of the sorrow of unfulfilled, untold love.

A landlord falls in love with a tenant who is tied to another and cannot return his love; the perfect woman organises her friends' weddings yet cannot find love herself; the eternal love triangle separates two lifelong friends.

In each of these tales Pirandello captures all the pain and tragedy of loveless love. The result is a deeply poignant work of frozen beauty.

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Translator: JG Nichols