by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423973187
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«El gatopardo» is the only novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published by Espasa in paperback (297 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Sicily at the end of the 19th century, during Garibaldi's revolution, it narrates the decline of the aristocracy and the emergence of a new order. The Prince of Salina, a Sicilian nobleman, evokes a refined and decadent world while accepting change. Lampedusa was inspired by his paternal great-grandfather to create the protagonist.
Part of the Austral Collection (no. 318). Original title: Il gattopardo, with translation by Ricardo Pochtar and prologue by Antonio Prieto.
For those seeking a classic of 20th-century Italian literature with a historical portrait of the Sicilian aristocracy.
Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE, known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, as well as the last generation of Tomasi Princes of Lampedusa before the family's and their titles' extinction.
