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For those that thought that good renovation / sea-change stories were all set in Tuscany and Umbria
The arresting cover of this seriously well illustrated coffee table book shows a bust c1470 of Eleonara (sic) of Aragon by Francesco Laurana (Palermo - Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis)
An interesting Sicilian from the 1700s
"One of the best books to emerge from WW II"
Lampedusa's (1896 - 1957 (61)) book "Il Gattopardo" (accurately translated as Ocelot or Serval) is set in the Risorgimento and only became published and famous after his death.
Pirandello (1867 - 1936 (69)) - Sicily's Nobel Prizewinning Playwright (from Agrigento).
Sciascia (1921 - 1989 (68)) - the ultimate Sicilian short stories - especially about crime.
This is a wonderful book by one quality writer about another.
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