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India Press Store - The Leopard: A Novel
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Manufacturer: Pantheon
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780375714795
ISBN: 0375714790
Label: Pantheon
Manufacturer: Pantheon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2007-11-06
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date: 2007-11-06
Studio: Pantheon
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Summary: An Italian historical Romance?
Comment: In a lot of ways this novel written in 1958 reads like Jane Austin
for me: the manners are of another time
and the customs are very much Latin.
It there a hidden policy here or just a comment on the changing of times? About the changing of the guard he say:" ... that process of continual refining which in the course of three generations transforms innocent peasants into defenseless gentry." The Leopard is the symbol of the family coat of arms in which we are told that old families transform in a romance of manners to the tune of the times. We get to the end and find it was all supposed to be about the nephew Tancredi, Concetta and the vulgar new princess Angelica. The loss of fortunes on the
whim of a minute or the romance of new times, who can say.
Why was it published in the early newer era of Europe?
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Summary: The Leopard
Comment: An engaging read about Sicily during a time of monumental change. The author draws you into the scenario as the characters play out their destiny. Compelling enough to make you want to explore the vistas and cities of modern Sicily.
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Summary: A great novel
Comment: This novel is not just a story, not just an exercise in promotion, not just a product for the market--all of which are characteristics of so much of what is published these days. This is literature. It opens windows on the past, it explores human nature, it helps us understand ourselves and the wider world. The reflections on changes in society, on aging and the approach of death, both of a way of life and a specific individual, are enlightening and enriching. A wonderful book.
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Summary: historical background of Sicily
Comment: Story provides historical background setting at the time of the unification of Sicily to Italy under Garibaldi. It captures the transition as it affected the ruling families.
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Summary: The Lelopard
Comment: Excellent book that takes you to the time period so thoroughly, you almost see yourself there. Great introduction to the history of Italy at the time, characters are totally believable.
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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.
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