by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Fanette Pézard · Seuil · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020291606
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«Le Guépard» is the historical novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published by Seuil in paperback (251 pages, in French).
Set in Sicily in 1860, it tells the story of Prince Salina, a nostalgic aristocrat who witnesses the decline of his class amid republican advances and social change. His nephew Tancrède, symbol of the new era, asks for the hand of Angélique, daughter of an upstart; the union reflects the end of a world and the rise of the bourgeoisie.
Originally published in Italian as Il Gattopardo (1958), it is the only novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and won the Strega Prize in 1959.
For readers of historical fiction and Italian classics; also of interest to those familiar with Visconti's film adaptation.
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.
