Lo Russo, Rosaria, La protagonista di Pirandello, ed. Corrado Donati and Massimo Rizzante, Pesaro, Metauro, 2021 (Alessandra Trevisan)

Rosaria Lo Russo’s study of Pirandello, begun thirty years ago with her dissertation, follows a double thread: it focuses on the female characters in the Sicilian author’s theatrical production, and identifies the possibility to know and understand a new, hidden, and incorporeal side of his work. Lo Russo approaches her investigation from a perspective that is both lateral and vertical: comparative and poetic. Her book will thus appeal both scholars and performers interested in Pirandello’s theatre as a means to bring to life female figures inspired by the powerful ambiguity of myth.