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The Leopard
By Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Fiction, General, Classics, Historical, World Literature, Italy | 272 pages
1 recommendation
A beautiful hardback edition of the great Italian classic.
'Historical fiction at its best' The Week
It is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily.
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.
But then comes Garibaldi's landing on the Scicilian coast.
As Garibaldi's forces press inland, the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them.
'Every once in a while...one stumbles on a book or a writer, and the impact is like an indelible mark. Lampedusa's The Leopard, his only novel, and a masterpiece, is such a work' Independent
'The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry' Peter Ackroyd
Vintage Quarterbound Classics- Bound to be beautiful
'Historical fiction at its best' The Week
It is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily.
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.
But then comes Garibaldi's landing on the Scicilian coast.
As Garibaldi's forces press inland, the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them.
'Every once in a while...one stumbles on a book or a writer, and the impact is like an indelible mark. Lampedusa's The Leopard, his only novel, and a masterpiece, is such a work' Independent
'The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry' Peter Ackroyd
Vintage Quarterbound Classics- Bound to be beautiful
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Graeme Wilkinson
"Set in the time of the Italian Unification and, in particular, the effects of this event on the old noble families of Sicily the book follows the decisions of an old patriarch on the changes facing his own family and the families of similar landed gentry with the growing influence of the monied middle class.
The book is well written and easy to read/follow the plot and is well recommended for anyone intending to visit Sicily to gain some understanding of the complicated history of its peoples."
The book is well written and easy to read/follow the plot and is well recommended for anyone intending to visit Sicily to gain some understanding of the complicated history of its peoples."
