The Leopard (Fontana modern novels) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0006135307 ISBN 13 : 9780006135302

Editeur : Fontana Modern Novels, 1722

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"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)

"Perhaps the greatest novel of the century" (L.P. Hartley)

"One of the great lonely books...not a historical novel, but a novel which happens to take place in history" (E.M. Forster)

"The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry" (Peter Ackroyd)

"I was astounded by the power of the writing" (Corin Redgrave)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was born on 23rd December 1896. He was the last in a line of minor princes in Sicily. He inherited the titles of the Duke of Palma and Prince of Lampedusa. He was brought up in Palermo but moved to Rome in 1915 where he was drafted into the army and fought at the Battle of Caporetto. He was captured and held in a Hungarian Prisoner of War Camp from which he later escaped. In 1932 he married Alexandra Wolff Stomersee. He died on 3rd July 1957. The Leopard was published posthumously in 1958 and won the Premio Strega in 1959.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Fontana Modern Novels
• Date d'édition: 1722
• ISBN 10: 0006135307
• ISBN 13: 9780006135302
• Reliure: Broché