![]() ![]() This compelling account addresses broader questions which have defined parts of the Sicilian predicament of fractured class and status, the rise of the mafia, political corruption, scepticism towards the state, the centrality of the family and fatalism. Set at the time of the Risorgimento, the pains and conflicts of a society undergoing change at different levels and a ruling order facing oblivion is told through the central characters and the weaving together of key moments, events and places. The strength of Lampedusa’s novel, published only after his death, is the way in which wider themes are addressed in a beautifully crafted narrative. Everyone visiting Sicily for the first time should read Il Gattopardo (The Leopard), for what it says about Sicilian history and identity. ![]()
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