The Council of Egypt - Hardcover
To better his position during the time of the French Revolution, an unscrupulous priest, Vella, forges an Arabic manuscript justifying baronial privilege, and what follows are the terrifying consequences of reform gone awry
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Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1983) was a novelist and politician whose works were often set in his troubled, mafia-blighted homeland of Sicily. He hailed from Racalmuto in the south-west of the island and lived there for much of his life.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian
Original Language: Italian
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- PublisherCarcanet Pr
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0856357405
- ISBN 13 9780856357404
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages220
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