Childhood Memories and Other Stories

First English Translation

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Stephen Parkin

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Alma Edizioni
15 January 2015

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the author of one of the most poignant and enduringly popular novels of the twentieth century, left only a few other pieces of fiction when he died prematurely at the age of sixty. Childhood Memories and Other Stories, here presented in a new translation by Stephen Parkin and including previously deleted passages and the unpublished fragment ‘Torretta’, collects all of Lampedusa’s extant shorter fiction and provides a revealing glimpse into the writer’s workshop and the background to the composition of his masterpiece.

From the atmospheric recollections of the Palazzo Lampedusa and the Palazzo Filangeri Cutò at the turn of the twentieth century in ‘Childhood Memories’ to the delightful fable ‘The Siren’, from the gently humorous, bittersweet tones of ‘Joy and the Law’ to ‘The Blind Kittens’ – the first chapter of what was intended to be a sequel to The Leopard – this volume showcases Lampedusa’s unparalleled observational powers and narrative skills.

By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Translated by: Stephen Parkin
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781847493989
ISBN 10: 184749398X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 January 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Duke of Palma and Prince of Lampedusa, was born in Palermo in 1896. Other than three articles that appeared in an obscure Italian journal in 1926 - 27, Lampedusa was unpublished in his own lifetime. He began The Leopard, his only novel, in 1954, at the age of fifty-eight. When he died aged sixty-one, the completed manuscript of The Leopard had received only rejections from publishers.

Reviews for Childhood Memories and Other Stories: First English Translation

'Lampedusa's descriptions are jewel-like - and the pages of extraordinary family photographs add another layer of haunting nostalgia to this twilight of Italy's ancient aristocracy. Beautiful.' The Times 'Lampedusa wrote two masterpieces and this, as bizarre as it sounds, is the other one.' The Telegraph 'Handsome book... Parkin's translation does justice to Lampedusa's elegant, elaborate prose - The prose flows with the allegro and cadences of a Mozart piano composition.' TLS