The Sicilian prince, Don Fabrizio, hero of Lampedusa's great and only novel, is described as enormous in size, in intellect, and in sensuality. The book he inhabits shares his dimensions in its evocation of an aristocracy confronting democratic upheaval and the new force of nationalism. In the decad[...]

As the head of the aristocratic family, Don Fabrizio is accustomed to knowing his own place in the world and expects his household to run accordingly. He is aware of the changes which are rapidly making men obsolete but he remains attached to the old ways. But Don Fabrizio will make few accommodatio[...]

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the author of one of the most poignant and enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century, left only a few other pieces of fiction when he died prematurely at the age of sixty. Childhood Memories and Other Stories, here presented in a new translation by Stephen Park[...]

A bitter-sweet tale of quiet lives in the small and apparently timeless world of mid-19th century Sicilian nobility. Through the eyes of his princely protagonist, the author chronicles the details of an aristocratic, pastoral society, torn apart by revolution, death and decay.[...]

Der Leopard erzählt vom Niedergang eines sizilianischen Adelsgeschlechts während des Risorgimento, der Einigung Italiens in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Nach der Landung Garibaldis auf Sizilien 1860 bricht die alte Bourbonenherrschaft zusammen und die Insel wird Teil des italien[...]

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusas klassiske værk er en ironisk skildring af den sicilianske adels storhed og fald - og Italiens samling.

På Sicilien, i revolutionsåret 1860, frygter det gamle aristokrati for sine privilegier og bakker instinktivt op om kong Ferdinando mod Garibaldis [...]

Elegiac, bittersweet and profoundly moving, "The Leopard" chronicles the turbulent transformation of the Risorgimento, in the period of Italian Unification. The waning feudal authority of the elegant and stately Prince of Salina is pitted against the materialistic cunning of Don Calogero, in Tomasi'[...]