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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375714790
ISBN-139780375714795
eBay Product ID (ePID)59097147
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Book TitleLeopard : a Novel
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, General, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2007
GenreFiction
AuthorGiuseppe Di Lampedusa
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Reviews"The genius of its author and the thrill it gives the reader are probably for all time." -- The New York Times Book Review "A masterwork . . . A superb novel in the great tradition and the grand manner." -- Newsweek "A majestic, melancholy, and beautiful novel." --The New Yorker
SynopsisNOW A NETFLIX SERIES * In this powerful novel, an aristocratic family grapples with societal upheaval and personal struggles against the backdrop of sweeping historical change. "A majestic, melancholy, and beautiful novel." --The New Yorker * "A masterwork . . . A superb novel ."--Newsweek in 1860s Sicily, Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, remains skeptical and stoic as he faces civil war and his family's loss of wealth and status. The prince's favorite nephew, Tancredi, who opportunistically supports the unification efforts, marries Angelica, a beautiful woman from a lower social class, to secure his future. This marriage symbolizes the shifting social order and the decline of the aristocracy. As Don Fabrizio struggles to adapt, he retreats into his love of astronomy, finding solace in the unchanging stars while his world crumbles around him. Ultimately, he must decide to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the last in a line of Sicilian princes, drew inspiration from his own family's decline to write this novel in the 1950s. The dramatic sweep and richness of Lampedusa's observation, his seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and his sure grasp of human frailty imbue The Leopard with beauty and power., Set in the 1860s, "The Leopard" tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue" The Leopard" with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest historical novels of our time. Although Giuseppe di Lampedusa had long had the book in mind, he began writing it only in his late fifties; he died at age sixty, soon after the manuscript was rejected as unpublishable. In his introduction, Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Lampedusa's nephew, gives us a detailed history of the initial publication and the various editions that followed. And he includes passages Lampedusa wrote for the book that were omitted by the original Italian editors. Here, finally, is the definitive edition of this brilliant and timeless novel., Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue The Leopard with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest historical novels of our time. Although Giuseppe di Lampedusa had long had the book in mind, he began writing it only in his late fifties; he died at age sixty, soon after the manuscript was rejected as unpublishable. In his introduction, Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Lampedusa's nephew, gives us a detailed history of the initial publication and the various editions that followed. And he includes passages Lampedusa wrote for the book that were omitted by the original Italian editors. Here, finally, is the definitive edition of this brilliant and timeless novel. (Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun.), SOON TO BE A NETFLIX SERIES - Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. "A majestic, melancholy, and beautiful novel." --The New Yorker The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue The Leopard with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest historical novels of our time. Although Giuseppe di Lampedusa had long had the book in mind, he began writing it only in his late fifties; he died at age sixty, soon after the manuscript was rejected as unpublishable. In his introduction, Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Lampedusa's nephew, gives us a detailed history of the initial publication and the various editions that followed. And he includes passages Lampedusa wrote for the book that were omitted by the original Italian editors. Here, finally, is the definitive edition of this brilliant and timeless novel. (Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun.), An elegant new edition of the modern fiction classic--to be published on the 50th anniversary of di Lampedusas death--that includes previously unpublished material by the author and an Introduction by his nephew.
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- 27. Mai. 2019
The Serval
Though little known or guessed from what appears a rather antiquated time in Italia & Sicilia remarkable past history, this novel, directly transcribed to the screen 56 years ago in a film as timeless as the landscape in which the film was shot, speaks of crumbling designs for a bygone reality, that see's an aristocracy & a right to rule dissolved. The 'modern' while it impinges upon a resolute prince in 19th Cent., Sicila, as even his nephew takes part in his own disengagement from power. The ruse of a wife, though lovely, has little of the fiber that the heir would wish for his legacy. Highly regarded as a masterpiece of literature, much like Budenbrooks by Thomas Mann, of men of station and their eventual fall from grace. Read the paperback yet in print, and take in the film from 1963 especially if it be the restored content, as it fills in many earlier deleted moments. My thanks!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 31. Dez. 2015
Unhappy Reader
The book was recommended to me by my brother. I didn't enjoy it. It was a slog to get through and seemed depressing. I reported those sentiments to my brother, who apologized, said he hadn't read it but had listened to the audio version and said his daughter had related the same report as I did.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
