Lampedusa's "The Leopard"

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"Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa is known for one work published after his death, The Leopard, a novel with an unusual structure and a mixture of historical truth and fiction. The novel does not have a conventional plot and instead emerges as a complex series of incidents and events which take on the aura of an epic drama. It might in fact be called an epic examination of death, for death and dying are its true subjects. the book is pervaded by a sense of impending death both of characters and of historical eras and movements. There are a number of literary influences evident in this work, and the epic nature of the story can be compared to the great epic style of Homer.

The novel is set in a period of change, a period of national and social readjustment which brings with it turmoil and upheaval. The period involved is the early period of the Risor(...)"

More papers on Lampedusa's "The Leopard":

• Book Review # 113160 : "The Leopard"
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• Book Review # 73827 : "Lampedusa's Obsession with Death "

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