Author(s): Di Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi 
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 04/10/2018
Pagination: 272 pages
Series: Vintage Classic Europeans Series 
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published By: Vintage Publishing
Book Classification: Classic fiction, Fiction in translation
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781784874988

Description:

The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury.

It is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily, by day the rattle of firing squads and by night the flickering lights of bonfires lit by rebel bands. Prince Fabrizio knows that beneath these outward signs of transformation, the sensuality, languor and corruption of his native land will never change. But can his family's ancient power endure?

Lampedusa's macabre myth remains astounding relevant, reflecting any modern edifice of power and money just as surely as it shows us a corner of Italy long ago.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUNThe Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasuryIt is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily, by day the rattle of firing squads and by night the flickering lights of bonfires lit by rebel bands. Prince Fabrizio knows that beneath these outward signs of transformation, the sensuality, languor and corruption of his native land will never change. But can his family's ancient power endure? Lampedusa's macabre myth remains astounding relevant, reflecting any modern edifice of power and money just as surely as it shows us a corner of Italy long ago.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN'Beguiling...irresistible...The Leopard will continue to ensnare minds, and not only in Italy' Guardian