The Leopard
Discover the breath-taking historical classic
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2007
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Revised edition
Vintage Classics (Verlag)
978-0-09-951215-8 (ISBN)
Vintage Classics (Verlag)
978-0-09-951215-8 (ISBN)
As the head of the aristocratic family, Don Fabrizio is accustomed to knowing his own place in the world and expects his household to run accordingly. He is aware of the changes which are rapidly making men obsolete but he remains attached to the old ways. But Don Fabrizio will make few accommodations for the modern world.
** NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX TV SERIES**
The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.
'There is a great feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein
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.
'No novel is perfect, but this small, wonderfully atmospheric and immensely poignant story...comes very close' Sunday Times
'A masterpiece' Independent
INCLUDES RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIAL
** NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX TV SERIES**
The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.
'There is a great feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein
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.
'No novel is perfect, but this small, wonderfully atmospheric and immensely poignant story...comes very close' Sunday Times
'A masterpiece' Independent
INCLUDES RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIAL
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was a Sicilian nobleman, Duke of Parma and Prince of Lampedusa. He was born in Palermo in 1896 and died in Rome in 1957. He lived the life of a literary dilettante, was familiar with the great literatures of the world, and was widely travelled. Much of Lampedusa's other work is collected in The Siren and Other Writings.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.9.2007 |
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| Übersetzer | Archibald Colquhoun |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 195 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-09-951215-7 / 0099512157 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-09-951215-8 / 9780099512158 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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