Vita postuma del Gattopardo: recuperi, commenti e singolarita.(Critical Essay) From: Italica | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: Ragusa, Olga | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Association of Teachers of Italian. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Un livre n'est pas acheve par son auteur, il l'est par le lecteur, par la philosophie du lecteur.... Le sens que prendra l'oeuvre de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa ne saurait etre que celui de l'histoire.--Louis Aragon, Lettres francaises, 17-23 dec. 1959

Decisive historical events, types of the aboriginal catastrophe, acquire the character of images upon which too much cannot be said, since they sum up our separation from joy or civility.--Frank Kermode, "Old Orders Chang...