The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo) is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Risorgimento. Published posthumously in 1958, it became the top-selling novel in Italian history and is considered one of the most important novels in modern literature.
The author
Tomasi was the last in a line of minor princes in Sicily, and he had long contemplated writing a historical novel based on his great-grandfather, another Prince of Lampedusa. After the Lampedusa palace was bombed and pillaged by Allied forces in World War II, Tomasi sank into a lengthy depression, and began to write Il Gattopardo as a way to combat it.
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I think this will be our last book of our 2nd season. Summer is just too busy for most of us to meet. So.....what does everyone think about that? Should we resume in September again? I know Teresa has a book for the next time....should we make it our summer reading assignment?
Thanks everyone....the book club has been so fun!
My mom thinks that we should read Teresa's pick, meet in April and have that be our last meeting. That's fine with me too. What do you guys think?
That sounds good to me - one more book and then done until fall.
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