Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Books

The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury It is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily, by day the rattle of firing squads and by night the flickering lights of bonfires lit by rebel bands. Prince Fabrizio knows that beneath these outward signs of transformation, the sensuality, languor and corruption of his native land will never change. But can his family’s ancient power endure? Lampedusa’s macabre myth remains astounding relevant, reflecting any modern edifice of power and money just as surely as it shows us a corner of Italy long ago. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN ‘Beguiling…irresistible…The Leopard will continue to ensnare minds, and not only in Italy’ Guardian

A tale of Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, who in 1860 is the last of his aristocratic line, watching and waiting in his Sicilian acres as Garibaldi's landing heralds the beginning of a new order.

From the atmospheric recollections of the Palazzo Lampedusa in Palermo at the turn of the twentieth century in 'Childhood Memories' to the delightful fantasy 'The Professor and the Siren', from the gently humorous, bittersweet tones of 'Joy and the Law' to 'The Blind Kittens', this volume showcases Lampedusa's unparalleled narrative skills.

Es ist ein einzigartiges Porträt des Europas der Zwanziger, das uns Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa mit diesen wiederentdeckten Aufzeichnungen schenkt. In den Hotels der großen europäischen Metropolen verfasste der junge Fürst von Lampedusa zwischen 1925 und 1930 jene originellen und vertraulichen Briefe, die voller Geist und Witz von den Stätten seiner Reise berichten. So hinterlässt uns der kultivierte Kosmopolit und Schöpfer des 'Gattopardo' ein kostbares Vermächtnis voller ungewöhnlicher Reisebilder einer vergangenen Epoche.