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L'ultimo gattopardo
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Il gattopardo
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The Leopard
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. 'There is a great feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein 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. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them. 'Every once in a while, like certain golden moments of happiness, infinitely memorable, one stumbles on a book or a writer, and the impact is like an indelible mark. Lampedusa's The Leopard, his only novel, and a masterpiece, is such a work' Independent INCLUDES RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIAL 'Perhaps the greatest novel of the century' L.P. Hartley 'The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry' Peter Ackroyd
Italian Literature Before 1900 in English Translation
"Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation provides the most complete record possible of texts from the early periods that have been translated into English, and published between 1929 and 2008. It lists works from all genres and subjects, and includes translations wherever they have appeared across the globe. In this annotated bibliography, Robin Healey covers over 5,200 distinct editions of pre-1900 Italian writings. Most entries are accompanied by useful notes providing information on authors, works, translators, and how the translations were received. Among the works by over 1,500 authors represented in this volume are hundreds of editions by Italy's most translated authors - Dante Alighieri, [Niccoláo] Machiavelli, and [Giovanni] Boccaccio - and other hundreds which represent the author's only English translation. A significant number of entries describe works originally published in Latin. Together with Healey's Twentieth-Century Italian Literature in English Translation, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature."--Pub. desc.
De tijgerkat
Giuseppe Tomasi, de laatste prins van Lampedusa (1896-1957) kan met recht de schrijver van één boek genoemd worden. Zijn leven lang heeft hij niet veel meer gedaan dan lezen en reizen. Desondanks heeft dat leven een prachtige, compact geschreven roman opgeleverd, een visionair, poëtisch en geestig werk: De tijgerkat, dé klassieker van de moderne Italiaanse literatuur. Sicilië, 1860. Garibaldi landt bij Marsala om het eiland in te lijven bij de nieuwe, liberale eenheidsstaat Italië. Het is gedaan met de Bourbons en met de feodaliteit: de platte, alles berekenende burgerij neemt de macht over. Don Fabrizio, prins van Salina, ziet deze ontwikkeling met lede ogen aan, maar voelt zich macht...
Leopar
Bazı eleştirmenler, Leopar’ın yalnız İtalyan değil, dünya edebiyatının bir başyapıtı, 20. yüzyılın en önemli romanlarından biri olduğunu ileri sürer. Roman, Sicilya’da Bourbon Krallığı’nın çöküş yıllarında soylu bir ailenin, özellikle de ailenin reisi Prens Fabrizio Salina’nın yaşamöyküsünü anlatır. 70 yaşına gelmiş, ilginç özellikleri ve uğraşları olan Fabrizio Salina, soylulara özgü dünyanın çöküşüyle birlikte yavaş yavaş ilerleyen kendi çöküşünü de hüzünle yaşar. Israrla sürdürdüğü geleneklerin, içine kapandığı görkemli dünyayı oluşturan öğelerin sessizce kayıp gittiğini, dönüşü olmayan sonun yak...
Verdura
A master of metamorphosis, Sicilian duke-turned-jewelry-designer Fulco di Verdura (1898-1978) studded seashells with precious gems, transformed sailor's knots into pearl-encrusted necklaces, and wrapped blazing ruby hearts with braided gold rope. Since the mid-20th century, his ultrasophisticated neo-Baroque pieces have been the status symbols of a near-secret society of European blue bloods, Hollywood royalty, and Park Avenue patricians. Verdura's by-appointment-only patrons included Wallis Simpson, Marlene Dietrich, and Diana Vreeland, who considered his Maltese Cross cuffs an essential part of her daily uniform.In this lavish book, featuring fresh color photographs as well as vintage images, Patricia Corbett presents a deft evaluation of Verdura's work and a glimpse inside his impossibly glamorous world.
A la lumière des chutes
Après le succès de son recueil de poésie intitulé Déclamations atones, Takhmazov confronte dans ce premier essai deux monuments de la littérature décadentiste que sont Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa et Thomas Mann. Une analyse qui permet de découvrir toute l'importance de l'Histoire dans l'histoire, les différents points de vue auctoriaux qui déterminent le degré d'historicité des récits et les rapprochent, toute mesure gardée, de l'autobiographie ou de la biographie. Les similitudes entre les personnages, les décors et les situations, dans les incipit comparés, sont nombreuses, bien que les bourgeois de Mann auraient été les ennemis jurés des aristocrates de Lampedusa. Les deux castes, toutefois, assistent, impuissants, aux débuts de leurs fins. Outre les diverses conjectures respectives qui les détruiront inéluctablement, le fléau commun de leurs ruines n'est pas tant l'action des protagonistes, mais l'inaction inhérente à leurs désirs aporétiques de conserver leurs rangs, leurs fortunes, leurs habitudes, dans des mondes qui, pourtant, changent et dont les progrès les enterrent. C'était, sans doute, tout simplement leur destin...
Reader's Guide to Military History
This book contains some 600 entries on a range of topics from ancient Chinese warfare to late 20th-century intervention operations. Designed for a wide variety of users, it encompasses general reviews of aspects of military organization and science, as well as specific wars and conflicts. The book examines naval and air warfare, as well as significant individuals, including commanders, theorists, and war leaders. Each entry includes a listing of additional publications on the topic, accompanied by an article discussing these publications with reference to their particular emphases, strengths, and limitations.
