Luigi Pirandello's Broken Men
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In 1924 a leading socialist was stabbed to death with a file by Mussolini "deputies", and in the ensuing public outrage Pirandello wrote an open letter to Mussolini: 'I will consider it the greatest honor to become one of your humblest and most obedient followers'.
Not a huge fan of the way these 'literary critique' pieces are written, but it was interesting nevertheless. The author alludes to some topicality of the 20th century fascist's mind, but doesn't provide anything specific.
I read a lot of Pirandello's books (which I highly recommend) and I never cared about his political view. And also throughout the books, I can't remember any subliminal message to make his readers fascists or so. At least I didn't become one, I guess.
It'd be great if we could just learn art without prejudice or too much pre-context.