Lampedusa in Sicily: The Lair of the Leopard
Giuseppe di Lampedusa wrote only one novel, THE LEOPARD, and a few short pieces before his death five years ago,but ever since, his reputation has been growing with readers around the world. The rich background — social, literary, and family — of his work is here discussed by ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN, general editor of the Oxford Library of Italian Classics and the translator of Lampedusa’s work. A short version of this essay appeared in Lampedusa’s TWO STORIES AND A MEMORY, published by Pantheon.