Although best known as author of a singular masterpiece, "The Leopard", the Prince of Lampedusa left a rich and varied oeuvre that repays a careful reading. Thi

This collection of writings includes four short stories, several essays on English Literature and selections from Readings of Stendhal.

An NYRB Classics Original In the last two years of his life, the Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote not only the internationally celebrated

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