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Biography The last Leopard. A life of G.Tomasi di Lampedusa
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- ISBN: 9780955010514
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This biography of Giuseppe di Lampedusa unearths the life story of the creator of "The Leopard", one of the great novels of the twentieth century. A book whose imagery, once tasted, haunts the reader forever. "The Leopard" describes the golden era of the nineteenth-century Sicily in all its sensual, fading, aristocratic glory.
But beneath the surface lurk Sicily's millenial contagions - corruption, brutality and inequality. Who wrote this masterpiece, this work of art? the answer is as unlikely as one might hope. This is a fascinating meditation on what it is that makes a writer.
Title details
Series | Biography | Title | The last Leopard. A life of G.Tomasi di Lampedusa |
---|---|---|---|
Subject | Italian | Language | English |
Market | Adolescent/Adult | Level | Fluent/native speakers |
Publication Date | July 2008 | Authors | D Gilmour |
Binding | Paperback | Pages | 250 |
Size(mm) | N/A | Weight (gms) | 350 |
ESB Code | 151908 | ISBN | 9780955010514 |
Inspection Copy | No | Delivery | Reprinting |
Price | £12.99 |
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