Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Author
Formats
Description
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.
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Series
Criterion collection volume 235
Description
Recounts the years of Italy's Risorgimento, when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a democratic Italy.