Bøger af Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Dette klassiske værk, der her udkommer i en ny, kritisk udgave med nyfundne afsnit, er en ironisk skildring af den sicilianske adels storhed og fald - og Italiens samling. På Sicilien i revolutionsåret 1860 frygter det gamle aristokrati for sine privilegier og bakker instinktivt op om kong Ferdinando mod Garibaldis revolutionære styrker. Don Fabrizio fra den stolte Salino-slægt forstår ikke, hvorfor hans elskede nevø, Tancredi, kæmper på den modsatte side. Oversat fra italiensk efter Il Gattopardo af Thomas Harder

A bitter-sweet tale of quiet lives in the small and apparently timeless world of mid-19th century Sicilian nobility. Through the eyes of his princely protagonist, the author chronicles the details of an aristocratic, pastoral society, torn apart by revolution, death and decay.

From the atmospheric recollections of the Palazzo Lampedusa in Palermo at the turn of the twentieth century in 'Childhood Memories' to the delightful fantasy 'The Professor and the Siren', from the gently humorous, bittersweet tones of 'Joy and the Law' to 'The Blind Kittens', this volume showcases Lampedusa's unparalleled narrative skills.

A beautiful hardback edition of the great Italian classic, a story of opulence and decay in the Sicilian countryside.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.'There is a great feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein'The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry' Peter AckroydVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

The Sicilian prince, Don Fabrizio, hero of Lampedusa's great and only novel, is described as enormous in size, in intellect, and in sensuality. The book he inhabits shares his dimensions in its evocation of an aristocracy confronting democratic upheaval and the new force of nationalism. In the decades since its publication shortly after the author's death in 1957, The Leopard has come to be regarded as the twentieth century's greatest historical fiction.Introduction by David Gilmour; Translation by Archibald Colquhoun(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)