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The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
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Description for The Leopard
Hardcover. A bitter-sweet tale of quiet lives in the small and apparently timeless world of mid-19th century Sicilian nobility. Through the eyes of his princely protagonist, the author chronicles the details of an aristocratic, pastoral society, torn apart by revolution, death and decay. Translator(s): Colquhoun, A. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them.
W. Somerset Maugham is the Introducer to this beautiful Everyman's Library edition.
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857150230
SKU
V9781857150230
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About Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was a Sicilian nobleman, Duke of Parma and Prince of Lampedusa. He was born in Palermo in 1896 and died in Rome in 1957. He lived the life of a literary dilettante, was familiar with the great literatures of the world, and was widely travelled. Much of Lampedusa's other work is collected in The Siren and ... Read more
Reviews for The Leopard
Perhaps the greatest novel of the century
L.P. Hartley The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry'
Peter Ackroyd
L.P. Hartley The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry'
Peter Ackroyd