The Leopard: Introduction by David Gilmour: 0000 (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics) - Hardcover

Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi Di

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067940757X ISBN 13: 9780679407577

Publisher: Everyman's Library, 1991

Synopsis

A classic of modern fiction. Set in the 1860s, THE LEOPARD is the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.

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Review:

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, .'A great book', Observer .'Few novels in the last ten years have given me so much enjoyment', Sunday Times .'A novel of exceptional stature. One may claim for it classic status', Frank Kermode,

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If you want everything to stay the same, things will have to change - The Leopard

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 067940757X
• ISBN 13: 9780679407577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248