Sicilian Uncles (English and Italian Edition) - Hardcover

Sciascia, Leonardo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0856355550 ISBN 13: 9780856355554

Publisher: Carcanet Pr, 1986

Synopsis

This volume, the first English translation of four novellas originally published in Italy in 1958, features "The American Aunt," "The Death of Stalin," "Forty-Eight," and "Antimony"

About this title

About the Author:

Leonardo Sciascia was born in Sicily in 1912 and died there in 1989. Like Joseph Roth, Sciascia worked with deceptively simple forms - books about crime, historical novels, political thrillers - and was a master of lucid and accessible prose. This polished surface conceals great depths of sophistication and an intense engagement with the moral and historical problems of modern Italy, especially of his native Sicily. His books are rooted in a particular culture; they speak to anyone who has ever wondered how people can endure unbearable injustice.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Italian (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Carcanet Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0856355550
• ISBN 13: 9780856355554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210