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Thom Gunn
Leonardo Sciascia
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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. Sicilian novelist Leonardo Sciascia died in 1989, but several of his titles are worthy of mention. The Wine Dark Sea is a collection of short stories, while To Each His Own is a quirky murder mystery and The Council of Egypt is about a Maltese monk who is asked to translate an Arabic manuscript but instead invents every word and uses the money to manipulate Palermo's aristocracy.
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Books by this author: The Council of Egypt (PB) To Each His Own (PB) The Knight and Death (HB) Death of an Inquisitor (HB) 1912 + 1 (HB) To Each His Own (HB) The Council of Egypt (HB) Day of the Owl and Equal Danger (HB) One Way Or the Other (HB) The Moro Affair and the Mystery of Majorana (HB) Sicilian Uncles (HB) Candido (PB) The Wine-Dark Sea (HB) Candido (HB) |
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