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Death of a Prince

By Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Series: ERIS gems
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"He had always known that the stars would be of gold and that the heavens would revolve in silence." Dust in the afternoon light. In this dreamlike final reckoning, Don Fabrizio dies as he lived: proud, weary, and beyond the world of ordinary men. Lampedusa renders... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Death of a Prince

In this dreamlike final reckoning, Don Fabrizio dies as he lived: proud, weary, and beyond the world of ordinary men.

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"He had always known that the stars would be of gold and that the heavens would revolve in silence."

Dust in the afternoon light. In this dreamlike final reckoning, Don Fabrizio dies as he lived: proud, weary, and beyond the world of ordinary men. Lampedusa renders death not as rupture but as a slow, exquisite fade-an aristocrat's farewell to an age losing its grip.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781967751174

Publisher: ERIS

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: ERIS

Contributors:

  • Translated by Archibald Colquhoun

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 109.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 28g

Pages: 24

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Fiction General Fiction Giuseppe Di Lampedusa Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Series: ERIS gems Series: ERIS gems

About the Author

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957) was a Sicilian prince, scholar, and solitary novelist who wrote only one book—and changed Italian literature forever. The Leopard, published posthumously, is an elegy for a dying aristocracy and a meditation on time, memory, and quiet extinction.

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