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Giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa was an italian writer and the last prince of lampedusa. Giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa has 35 books on goodreads with 58842 ratings. Published posthumously in 1958, after two rejections by the leading italian publishing houses mondadori and einaudi, it became the topselling novel in italian history and is considered one of the most important novels in modern italian literature. 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 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. He is most famous for his only novel, il gattopardo first published. Il gattopardo tomasi di lampedusa, giuseppe ebook epub con. The leopard, giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa published. The first edition of the novel was published in october 25th 1958, and was written by giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa. Forster called his work one of the great lonely books. December 23, 1896 july 26, 1957 was an italian writer and the last prince of lampedusa. He is most famous for his only novel, il gattopardo first published posthumously in 1958, which is set in his native sicily during the risorgimento.
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