- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781407091006
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
The Leopard
Revised and with new material
Formats & editions
- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781407091006
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
Every once in a while, like certain golden moments of happiness, infinitely memorable, one stumbles on a book or a writer, and the impact is like an indelible mark. Lampedusa's The Leopard, his only novel, and a masterpiece, is such a work
Independent
Perhaps the greatest novel of the century
L.P. Hartley
One of the great lonely books...not a historical novel, but a novel which happens to take place in history
E.M. Forster
The poetry of Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry
Peter Ackroyd
I was astounded by the power of the writing
Corin Redgrave
A great book
Observer
Few novels in the last ten years have given me so much enjoyment
Sunday Times
A novel of exceptional stature. One may claim for it classic status
Frank Kermode