The Siren and Selected Writings

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Original title: The siren and selected writings

Translated by Archibald Colquhoun earliest edition we have, 1995 HarperCollins, 1996 hardcover 184 pages

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. The best and most representative of it is collected in this volume. Places of My Infancy, a childhood memory of the Lampedusa palace in Palermo at the turn of the century, and of the great family mansion inland at Santa Margherita, provides a fascinating background...

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This book in English

Archibald Colquhoun 1 printing we hold · 1996 · HarperCollins
David Gilmour 1 printing we hold · 1997 · Harvill Press

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The Siren and Selected Writings paperback · 1997 · Harvill Press · 192 pages · 9781860460227
The Siren and Selected Writings hardcover · 1996 · HarperCollins · 184 pages · 9781860460210
"The Siren" and Selected Writings edition · 1995 · Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) · 224 pages · 9780002730129

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