The Late Mattia Pascal

The Late Mattia Pascal
Cover of the seventh edition (1919)
AuthorLuigi Pirandello
Original titleIl fu Mattia Pascal
LanguageItalian
GenreHumorism
Publication date
1904
Publication placeItaly

The Late Mattia Pascal (Italian: Il fu Mattia Pascal [il ˈfu mmatˈtiːa paˈskal]) is a 1904 novel by Luigi Pirandello. It is one of his best-known works and was his first major treatment of the theme of the mask.[1]

  1. ^ The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature; edited by Peter Hainsworth and David Robey. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. p. 249.