The Leopard - Giuseppe di Lampedusa
KORTE INHOUD
The Leopard is one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Its author Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, who died July 23, 1957, at the age of 60, did not live to see its publication. Although a member of the intellectual elite of Sicily, he published little else and had written the novel only in the last thirty months of his life.
The story of the Prince of Salina is based on the life of Lampedusa’s grandfather, Giulio Fabrizio Tomasi, Prince of Lampedusa, who was a respected amateur astronomer and lived in the grand tradition of his noble forebears, although after his death in 1885 the economic and social status of his family declined.
The novel begins with the invasion of Garibaldi’s rebel forces and ends with the aftermath of the death of the Prince and the fraying relationships and lessening prospects of the surviving family members.
The story of the Prince of Salina is based on the life of Lampedusa’s grandfather, Giulio Fabrizio Tomasi, Prince of Lampedusa, who was a respected amateur astronomer and lived in the grand tradition of his noble forebears, although after his death in 1885 the economic and social status of his family declined.
The novel begins with the invasion of Garibaldi’s rebel forces and ends with the aftermath of the death of the Prince and the fraying relationships and lessening prospects of the surviving family members.
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2000Uitgever: The Folio SocietyIllustrator: John HolderVertaler: Archibald Colquhoun185 paginasTaal: EngelsExclusief te koop bij deze verkoper
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London The Folio Society, 2000 4th printing.
With red hard slipcase. In perfect condition with slipcase. An impeccable clean and tight copy. With coloured plates illustrated by John Holder. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun. Introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan.
With red hard slipcase. In perfect condition with slipcase. An impeccable clean and tight copy. With coloured plates illustrated by John Holder. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun. Introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan.
