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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Gilmour, David, 1952-     Subjects     Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe, 1896-1957.     Authors, Italian -- 20th century -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gilmour, David, 1952-       by title:      The last leopard [el...         MARC Display

The last leopard [electronic resource] : a life of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa / David Gilmour. by Gilmour, David, 1952- London : Eland Publishing, 2012. Subjects Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe, 1896-1957.   Authors, Italian -- 20th century -- Biography. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=5D06980A-B11F-4EF3-94ED-3ED71796FBEF This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource https://samples.overdrive.com/last-leopard-5d0698?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1486-1/{5D06980A-B11F-4EF3-94ED-3ED71796FBEF}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781780600154 (electronic bk.) 1780600151 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations Contents:  Cover; Title Page; Contents; Note on Translations; Dedication; Family Tree; Map; Foreword: In Search of Lampedusa; Foreword to the Fifth Edition; 1: The Inheritance; 2: A Sicilian Childhood; 3: The War and Fascism; 4: The Wanderer in England; 5: A Baltic Marriage; 6: The Troubles of Don Giuseppe; 7: At Home in the Via Butera; 8: The Consolation of Literature; 9: The Reluctant Writer; 10: Vocation and Commitment; 11: Death and Redemption; 12: The Solitude of Don Fabrizio; 13: The Leopard's Sicily; 14: Il caso Lampedusa; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Plates; Copyright. Requests:  0 Summary:  In 1957, Giuseppe Tomasi, the last Prince of the Sicilian Lampedusa family, died impoverished and unknown, leaving behind the manuscript of a book he had recently finished. The following year the book, The Leopard, was published in Italy and has since been widely translated and recognized as one of the great novels of the twentieth century. For over a quarter of a century, the reclusive man's papers were hidden from the public, until David Gilmour was befriended by Lampedusa's adopted son. From letters, diaries and notebooks, Gilmour has brought to life the unlikely character of this enig.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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