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Synopsis
- Foreword by Ian Thomson
-First complete and unexpurgated translation of Lampedusa's uncollected shorter prose
-Written at around the same time as The Leopard, 'Childhood Memories' reveals the biographical and psychological background of Lampedusa's masterpiece
-Contains the previously unpublished piece 'Torretta' and a long biographical note
-Includes the stories 'Joy and the Law' and 'The Siren', as well as 'The Blind Kittens', the beginning of a sequel to The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the author of one of the most poignant and enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century, left only a few other pieces of fiction when he died prematurely at the age of sixty. Childhood Memories and Other Stories, here presented in a new translation by Stephen Parkin and including previously deleted passages and the unpublished fragment 'Torretta', collects all of Lampedusa's extant shorter fiction and provides a revealing glimpse into the writer's workshop and the background to the composition of his masterpiece. From the atmospheric recollections of the Palazzo Lampedusa and the Palazzo Filangeri Cuto at the turn of the twentieth century in 'Childhood Memories' to the delightful fable 'The Siren', from the gently humorous, bitter sweet tones of 'Joy and the Law' to 'The Blind Kittens' - the first chapter of what was intended to be a sequel to The Leopard - this volume showcases Lampedusa's unparalleled ob ser vational powers and narrative skills.
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Review
'Lampedusa's descriptions are jewel-like - and the pages of extraordinary family photographs add another layer of haunting nostalgia to this twilight of Italy's ancient aristocracy. Beautiful.' --The Times
'Lampedusa wrote two masterpieces and this, as bizarre as it sounds, is the other one.' --The Telegraph
'Handsome book... Parkin's translation does justice to Lampedusa's elegant, elaborate prose - The prose flows with the allegro and cadences of a Mozart piano composition.' --Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Duke of Palma and Prince of Lampedusa, was born in Palermo in 1896. Other than three articles that appeared in an obscure Italian journal in 1926 - 27, Lampedusa was unpublished in his own lifetime. He began The Leopard, his only novel, in 1954, at the age of fifty-eight. When he died aged sixty-one, the completed manuscript of The Leopard had received only rejections from publishers.
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- PublisherAlma Classics
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 184749398X
- ISBN 13 9781847493989
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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