The Leopard
by Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Recommended by Arvind Subramanian
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in About Italy and Fiction.
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780679407577.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 t...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in About Italy and Fiction.
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Arvind Subramanian
“Accepted #7daybookchallenge thanks to @Rob_Malley. Post a cover of a book you loved, every day for 1 week. No explanations. Here is my Day 7 and I pass the torch today to pursue the challenge to @byranadasgupta”
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