The Leopard: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (Everyman's Library CLASSICS) - Hardcover

Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi Di

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857150236 ISBN 13: 9781857150230

Publisher: Everyman, 1991

Synopsis

A bitter-sweet tale of quiet lives in the small and apparently timeless world of mid-19th century Sicilian nobility. In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them.

A moving, heart-breaking, poetic work of utter genius. Read it and weep. And the clean, sober Everyman edition is a fine thing too.

‘Perhaps the greatest novel of the century’ - L.P. Hartley

Publisher: Everyman
ISBN: 9781857150230

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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,

From the Publisher:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1857150236
• ISBN 13: 9781857150230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304