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Leonardo Sciascia
Books in Order: 13 titles
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Sicilian Uncles
The expression 'Sicilian uncle' has the same sense in Italian as 'Dutch uncle' does in English, but with sinister overtones of betrayal and inconstancy. The four novellas in Sicilian Uncles, originally published in 1958, are political thrillers of a ...
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A Simple Story
The first translation into English of the acclaimed mystery-writer's final detective novel serves as the perfect introduction to an important Italian writer. Published just before his death, this novel refines and condenses Sciascia's analysis of the...
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The Moro Affair
On March 16, 1978 Aldo Moro, a former Prime Minister of Italy, was ambushed in Rome. Within three minutes the gang killed his escort and bundled Moro into one of three getaway cars. An hour later the terrorist group the Red Brigades announced that Mo...
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The Day of the Owl
A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds hi...
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Equal Danger
District Attorney Varga is shot dead. Then Judge Sanza is killed. Then Judge Azar. Are these random murders, or part of a conspiracy? Inspector Rogas thinks he might know, but as soon as he makes progress he is transferred and encouraged to pin the c...
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To Each His Own
This letter is your death sentence. To avenge what you have done you will die. But what has Manno the pharmacist done? Nothing that he can think of. The next day he and his hunting companion are both dead.The police investigation is inconclusive. How...
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Open Doors And Three Novellas
"A miniature masterpiece [by] one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century European literature." -- The New York Times Book Review
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From one of modern Italy's greatest writers come four flawless novellas that combine history and fictio... -
The Council of Egypt
To better his position during the time of the French Revolution, an unscrupulous priest, Vella, forges an Arabic manuscript justifying baronial privilege, and what follows are the terrifying consequences of reform gone awry...
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The Wine-Dark Sea
Leonardo Sciascia was an outstanding and controversial presence in twentieth-century Italian literary and intellectual life. Writing about his native Sicily and its culture of secrecy and suspicion, Sciascia matched sympathy with skepticism, unflinch...
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Candido Or, Dream Dreamed in Sicily
NY 19797 1st Harcourt Brace. Translated from italian to English by Adrrienne Foulke. Hardcover Small octavo, 132pp., cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ, price not clipped. "One of Europe's great contemporary writers" (jacket)...