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Trapped in a suffocating marriage and a failed life, Mattia Pascal leaves home and discovers that a stranger’s corpse has been identified as his own. He invents a new identity, Adriano Meis, only to learn that a man without papers, history, or legal standing cannot fully live or love.

Contents

1. Chapter 1: "MY NAME IS MATTIA PASCAL"
2. Chapter 2: "GO TO IT," SAYS DON ELIGIO
3. Chapter 3: A MOLE SAPS OUR HOUSE
4. Chapter 4: JUST AS IT WAS
5. Chapter 5: HOW I WAS RIPENED
6. Chapter 6: ... CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK...
7. Chapter 7: I CHANGE CARS
8. Chapter 8: ADRIANO MEIS
9. Chapter 9: CLOUDY WEATHER
10. Chapter 10: A FONT AND AN ASH-TRAY
11. Chapter 11: NIGHT... AND THE RIVER
12. Chapter 12: PAPIANO GETS MY EYE
13. Chapter 13: THE RED LANTERN
14. Chapter 14: MAX TURNS A TRICK
15. Chapter 15: I AND MY SHADOW
16. Chapter 16: MINERVA'S PICTURE
17. Chapter 17: REINCARNATION
18. Chapter 18: THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL

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