Letters from London and Europe - Couverture rigide

Tomasi Di Lampedusa, Giuseppe

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1846881110 ISBN 13 : 9781846881114

Editeur : Alma Books Ltd, 2010

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Revue de presse :

'These witty dispatches from an indolent aristocrat abroad are a real joy... More than half a century after his death, Lampedusa has pulled off the characteristically insouciant coup of writing a brilliant travel book by accident.' -- The Observer

'The reading of Lampedusa's travel correspondence brings to light a draft, an essay of a certain voice, a first glimpse of that certain identifiable mixture of tenderness, wisdom and irony that became Lampedusa's incomparable style.' -- The Spectator

'For anyone who admires The Leopard, this volume is a sheer delight, bringing the attractively languid and arcane personality of Lampedusa into vivid perspective. If you have not read The Leopard, do so; It will not disappoint. That book and these letters were written by a man with the deep soul of an Old European, who was wise and witty.' -- The Lady

'[Lampedusa]'s letters frequently suggest the growing pains of a literary genius, and his observations were nice reflections of the human comedy.' -- The Scotsman

'This selection of letters home during 1920s travels gathers much finely atmospheric writing.' --The Independent

"This selection of [Lampedusa]'s letters ... gathers much brilliantly atmospheric writing from the future novelist, who embellishes as much as he reports." --The Independent

"We should be grateful for the letters that, having survived and been translated into English, paint a vivid picture of the country Lampedusa would have loved to call his own." --Standpoint

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"The Leopard", published posthumously in 1958, was one of the most important works of fiction to appear in the Italian language in the twentieth century. Between 1925 and 1930, its author, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, wrote a number of letters to his cousins Casimiro and Lucio Piccolo in which he describes his travels around Europe (London, Paris, Zurich, Berlin). The letters, here published for the first time, display much of Lampedusa's distinctive style present in his later work; not only the razor sharp introspection, but also a wicked sense of humor, playful in its description of the comedie humaine. United and underpinned by the genre of the novel, Lampedusa's lifetime obsession, some letters also read like excerpts from a Stendhalian travel journal, whilst others are pickwickian adventures populated with comic, exaggerated personalities.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Alma Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1846881110
• ISBN 13: 9781846881114
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288