Bitter water

Number of pages: 114. Author: Luigi Pirandello. Publishing house: Yastaron Publishing and Distribution. Year of publication: 2023. On that morning, a few crowds gathered around the spring; as the bathing season was nearing its end. A thin young man sat on a nearby bench under the Jamez tree, face pale, so thin that it evokes pity. He was wearing a loose robe that, from its wrinkled folds, still looks new. On another bench, an elderly man over fifty years old sat, wearing ragged, tight clothes that did not accommodate his plump, flabby body, and he wore an old hat on his shaved head in an uncoordinated manner.