Sicilian Uncles - Couverture souple

Sciascia, Leonardo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847089267 ISBN 13 : 9781847089267

Editeur : Granta Books, 2014

Synopsis

The expression 'Sicilian uncle' has the same sense in Italian as 'Dutch uncle' does in English, but with sinister overtones of betrayal and inconstancy. The four novellas in Sicilian Uncles, originally published in 1958, are political thrillers of a kind - the first fruits of Sciascia's maturity. In these stories, illusions about ideology and history are lost in mirth, suffering and abandoned innocence. Each novella has its historical moment: the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Spanish Civil War, the death of Stalin, the 'events' of 1848. These occasions and their consequences are registered in the lives of Sciascia's wonderfully drawn characters. Each has voice, wit and a private history which opens out onto the wider circumstances of his time.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Leonardo Sciascia was born in Sicily in 1912 and died there in 1989. A master of lucid and accessible prose, Sciascia worked with deceptively simple forms - books about crime, historical novels, political thrillers - in order to engage with the moral and historical problems of modern Italy, especially his native Sicily. His books are rooted in a particular culture but speak to anyone who has ever wondered how people can endure unbearable injustice. Equal Danger was made into the film Illustrious Corpses by Francesco Rosi.

N. S. Thompson is a poet, writer, and translator living near Oxford. His book-length poem, Letter to Auden, was published in 2010.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847089267
• ISBN 13: 9781847089267
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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