Lampedusa
#4323 of 8,085 books · #666 in Historical Fiction
Shortlisted for the Giller Prize (2019).
Set in a sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Steven Price's Lampedusa explores the final years of Giuseppe Tomasi, the last prince of Lampedusa, as he struggles to complete his only novel, The Leopard. In 1955, Tomasi was diagnosed with advanced emphysema; shortly after, he began work on a novel that would fail to be published before his death four years later.
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- ISBN-13
- 9781529019650
- Topics
- Mortality and legacyArtistic creationAristocratic decline in Sicily
Awards
- Giller PrizeShortlisted(2019)
Other awarded books from Steven Price
- By Gaslight (2016)0 wins · 1 score
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