by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435005265
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The Leopard is a classic novel by the Italian author Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published in 1958. Set in Sicily during the Risorgimento, the novel tells the story of Prince Fabrizio Salina, a nobleman who witnesses the decline of his aristocratic family and the rise of a new bourgeois class. Through the life of the prince, the work explores themes such as social change, decadence, nostalgia for the past, and the search for meaning in a world in transformation. With an elegant and reflective prose, The Leopard is a profound reflection on history and the human condition.
Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE, known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, as well as the last generation of Tomasi Princes of Lampedusa before the family's and their titles' extinction.
