Alberto Manguel

Tenderness, wisdom and irony

‘Every poet describes himself, as well as his own life, in his writings,’ observed Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa in one of his lectures on English literature, which he delivered twice a week to an audience of young people in his palazzo in Palermo.

  • Letters from London and Europe

    Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa, edited by Gioacchio Lanza Tomasi, translated by J.G. Nichols

    Alma Books, pp. 203

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