{"product_id":"2940169140392","title":"Lampedusa : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike Colm Tóibín's \u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e or Michael Cunningham's \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about art and writing in the life of one of the greats.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Steven Price's \u003ci\u003eLampedusa \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the final years of Giuseppe Tomasi, the last prince of Lampedusa, as he struggles to complete his only novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1955, Tomasi was diagnosed with advanced emphysema; shortly after, he began work on a novel that would fail to be published before his death four years later. When \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e at last appeared, it won Italy's Strega Prize and became the greatest Italian novel of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdhering intensely to the facts of Tomasi's life but moving deep into the mind of the author, \u003ci\u003eLampedusa \u003c\/i\u003einhabits the complicated interior of a man facing down the end of his life and struggling to make something of lasting worth while there is still time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116572197104,"sku":"2940169140392","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169140392_p0.jpg?v=1763673667","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169140392","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}