Judy Levin will lead a discussion of "The Leopard" by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa this Thursday 1/20/11 at 12:30 pm. Please join us in the Programming Room downstairs.
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), written by the last in a line of minor Sicilian princes, was first published posthumously in 1958. The novel is set in Sicily during the Nineteenth Century's il Risorgimento period when Giuseppe Garibaldi, the hero of Italian unification, swept through the southern island with his forces. The story is loosely based on the author’s great-grandfather’s life. Tomasi began writing the novel after his family palace was bombed and pillaged by the Allied Forces during World War II. It was rejected by two major Italian publishing houses before going on to become one of the most important books in 20th century Italian literature. This is Tomasi's only novel."The Leopard" was made into a film in 1963 and won the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Luchino Visconti, it stars Burt Lancaster as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina.
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