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Leonardo Sciascia

Works by Leonardo Sciascia

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by Avril Bardoni
Original title: Il mare colore del vino

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by Adrienne Foulke
Original title: A ciascuno il suo

On the map Sicily lies like a football at Italy’s boot waiting for kickoff; many Northern Italians would like to see it booted over the sidelines, away from their prestigious national team. If Italy for the foreigner conjures up images of Florence, Dante, Michelangelo, (more...)

Beautiful Women [Buy Direct]

by Giuseppe Antonio Borgese and Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by John Shepley

One Way or Another [Buy Direct]

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by Sacha Rabinovitch
Original title: Todo modo

While meditatively travelling around the countryside, a painter happens upon the Zafer hermitage, a sort of inn for spiritual retreats. These are led by Don Gaetano, a cultivated and intellectual priest who, along with the artist, is the chief figure in this story. The artist, (more...)

1912 + 1 [Buy Direct]

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by Sacha Rabinovitch

Candido: Or, a Dream Dreamed in Italy [Buy Direct]

by Leonardo Sciascia
Original title: Candido

Written against our own heavy-spirited times, this novel is a free adaptation of Voltaire’s Candide. It’s the story of Candido Munafò, born in Sicily in 1943, when the advancing Allies’ gunfire could already be heard. Candido’s mother runs off with an American, (more...)

Day of the Owl

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by A Oliver
Original title: Il giorno della civetta, Il contesto

The Knight and Death and Other Stories

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by Marie Evans
Original title: Storia semplice, Porte aperte, Il cavaliere et al

Council of Egypt [Buy Direct]

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by Adrienne Foulke
Original title: Il consiglio d’Egitto

Day of the Owl [Buy Direct]

by Leonardo Sciascia
Translated by A Oliver
Original title: Il giorno della civetta

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