{"product_id":"9780099512158","title":"The Leopard","description":"Author: Di Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099512158\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX TV SERIES**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the new, revised edition which includes recently discovered new material including letters and diary entries by the author and two additional sections of the novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is a great feeling of opulence, decay, love and death about it' Rick Stein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Every once in a while, like certain golden moments of happiness, infinitely memorable, one stumbles on a book or a writer, and the impact is like an indelible mark. Lampedusa's The Leopard, his only novel, and a masterpiece, is such a work' Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Perhaps the greatest novel of the century' L.P. Hartley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry' Peter Ackroyd\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150413574302,"sku":"UBD-9780099512158","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099512158.jpg?v=1786964848","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099512158","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}