Description
A beautiful hardback edition of the great Italian classic. 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 large family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi’s landing on the Sicilian 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,” wrote the Independent. Peter Ackroyd describes how “the poetry of Lampedusa’s novel flows into the Sicilian countryside” in this work of great artistry. This Vintage Quarterbound Classic is bound to be beautiful.
Information
Author: di Lampedusa Giuseppe Tomasi
Language: English
Publication date: April 4, 2024
Manufacturer: Folio, spol.s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Classic literature in english
Type: Hardcover book
Pages: 230
ISBN/EAN: 9781784879648