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The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story
of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the
approaching forces of democracy and revolution. 'There is a great
feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein 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. 'Every once in a while, like certain golden moments of
happiness, infinitely memorable, 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 INCLUDES RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIAL '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
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Stories of Southern Italy (Hardcover)
Various; Edited by Ella Carr; Contributions by Elena Ferrante, Elsa Morante, Ovid, …
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Woven through all these tales are the unique histories and
mythologies of the regions of Southern Italy, encompassing Sicily,
Calabria, Cantania, Basilicata, Apulia and Campania. Theocritus,
Virgil and Ovid evoke a Sicily populated by Cyclopes and sea
monsters, while in an excerpt from The Smile of the Unknown Mariner
Vincenzo Consolo depicts the island in 1860, on the frontline in
Italy's war of independence. The South's legendary legacy of
brigandage and organized crime enlivens the stories of Leonardo
Sciascia, Carlo Levi and Joseph Conrad. Curzio Malaparte and Norman
Lewis immortalize the wreckage of Naples and the indomitable spirit
of its people during World War II, and Elena Ferrante paints a
spectacular portrait of a poor but vibrant Neapolitan neighbourhood
in an excerpt from the bestselling My Brilliant Friend.
Collectively, these entertaining tales plunge readers into the
sometimes harsh and troubled, but always seductive and vital world
of Italy's Mezzogiorno
Introduction by David Gilmour; Translation by Archibald Colquhoun
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.
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The Professor and the Siren (Paperback)
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa; Translated by Stephen Twilley; Introduction by Marina Warner
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An NYRB Classics Original
In the last two years of his life, the Sicilian aristocrat
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote not only the internationally
celebrated novel "The Leopard" but also three shorter pieces of
fiction, brought together here in a new translation.
"The Professor and the Siren," like "The Leopard," meditates on
the past and the passage of time, and also on the relationship
between erotic love and learning. Professor La Ciura is one of the
world's most distinguished Hellenists; his knowledge, however, came
at the cost of a loss that has haunted him for his entire life.
This Lampedusa's final masterpiece, is accompanied here by the
parable "Joy and the Law" and "The Blind Kittens," a story
originally conceived as the first chapter of a followup to "The
Leopard."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the author of one of the most
poignant and enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century,
left only a few other pieces of fiction when he died prematurely at
the age of sixty. Childhood Memories and Other Stories, here
presented in a new translation by Stephen Parkin and including
previously deleted passages and the unpublished fragment
'Torretta', collects all of Lampedusa's extant shorter fiction and
provides a revealing glimpse into the writer's workshop and the
background to the composition of his masterpiece. From the
atmospheric recollections of the Palazzo Lampedusa and the Palazzo
Filangeri Cuto at the turn of the twentieth century in 'Childhood
Memories' to the delightful fable 'The Siren', from the gently
humorous, bitter sweet tones of 'Joy and the Law' to 'The Blind
Kittens' - the first chapter of what was intended to be a sequel to
The Leopard - this volume showcases Lampedusa's unparalleled ob ser
vational powers and narrative skills.
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