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Aristocracy (Social class) Italy Fiction Authors, Italian 20th century Biography Authors, Italian Fiction Italian fiction 20th century Italian fiction 20th century Translations into English Short stories, Italian Short stories, Italian Translations into English Sicily (Italy) History 20th century Fiction Terminally ill Fiction Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe 1896-1957 FictionFilter By Authors
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Summary: Set in a sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Steven Price’s Lampedusa explores the final years of Giuseppe Tomasi, the last prince of Lampedusa, as he struggles to complete his only novel, The Leopard. In 1955, Tomasi was diagnosed with advanced emphysema; shortly after, he began work on a novel that would fail to be published before his death four...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PRIContents: Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936): Naked life (La vita nuda) -- Federigo Tozzi (1883-1920): The crucifix (Il crocifisso) -- Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973): The ash of distant battles (La cenere delle battaglie) -- Dino Buzzati (1906-1972): An important man (Un uomo importante) -- Alberto Moravia (1907-1990): My name is Alice I am a spinning top (Mi chiamo Alice sono una trottola) -- Tommaso Landolfi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013