The Professor and the Siren
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The Professor and the Siren by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
An NYRB Classics Original In the last two years of his life, the Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote not only the internationally celebrated novel The Leopard but also three shorter pieces of fiction, brought together here in a new translation. The Professor and the Siren, like The Leopard, meditates on the past and the passage of time, and also on the relationship between erotic love and learning. Professor La Ciura is one of the world's most distinguished Hellenists; his knowledge, however, came at the cost of a loss that has haunted him for his entire life. This Lampedusa's final masterpiece, is accompanied here by the parable Joy and the Law and The Blind Kittens, a story originally conceived as the first chapter of a followup to The Leopard.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781590177198 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590177193 |
| Title | The Professor and the Siren |
| Author | Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The New York Review of Books, Inc |
| Year published | 2014-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 104 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |