This is a short, powerful novel dealing with the complicities and accomodations of power within Italian politics.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Leonardo Sciascia
EAN: 9780856359910
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 160
WEIGHT:
HEIGHT: 200 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Carcanet Press Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-04-23
CITY:
GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, POETRY / General
WIDTH: 130 mm
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Book Themes:
Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets
Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1989) was Sicilian by birth and vocation. Sicily is the fierce locality that focuses his work and, in a peculiarly pure form, exemplifies the political, social and spiritual tensions of a Europe modern only to a degree.
