The Council of Egypt - Softcover

Sciascia, Leonardo

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 185754434X ISBN 13: 9781857544343

Publisher: Carcanet Press, 1999

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Abbot Vella is a schemer who sets out to exploit the Sicilian aristocracy by making reference to a fictitious ancient Arabic chronicle that enhances the rights of some families and justifies the claim of Naples over the island community.

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Review:

'During the last quarter century, Sciascia has made out of his curious Sicilian experience a literature that is not quite like anything else ever done by a European' Gore Vidal.

About the Author:

Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1983) was a novelist and politician whose works were often set in his troubled, mafia-blighted homeland of Sicily. He hailed from Racalmuto in the south-west of the island and lived there for much of his life.

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