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Childhood Memories and Other Stories

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#385716-UF16
Titel	Childhood Memories and Other Stories
Auteur	Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi di
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Alma Classics
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	184749398X
ISBN13	9781847493989
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the author of one of the most poignant and enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century, left only a few other pieces of fiction when he died prematurely at the age of sixty. Childhood Memories and Other Stories, here presented in a new translation by Stephen Parkin and including previously deleted passages and the unpublished fragment 'Torretta', collects all of Lampedusa's extant shorter fiction and provides a revealing glimpse into the writer's workshop and the background to the composition of his masterpiece. From the atmospheric recollections of the Palazzo Lampedusa and the Palazzo Filangeri Cutò at the turn of the twentieth century in 'Childhood Memories' to the delightful fable 'The Siren', from the gently humorous, bittersweet tones of 'J... (Lees verder)oy and the Law' to 'The Blind Kittens' – the first chapter of what was intended to be a sequel to The Leopard – this volume showcases Lampedusa's unparalleled observational powers and narrative skills.
Pagina's	192
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 6,00

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