{"product_id":"the-professor-and-the-siren-paperback","title":"The Professor and the Siren - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Twilley\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMarina Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn NYRB Classics Original \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the last two years of his life, the Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote not only the internationally celebrated novel \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e but also three shorter pieces of fiction, brought together here in a new translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The Professor and the Siren,\" like \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e, meditates on the past and the passage of time, and also on the relationship between erotic love and learning. Professor La Ciura is one of the world's most distinguished Hellenists; his knowledge, however, came at the cost of a loss that has haunted him for his entire life. This Lampedusa's final masterpiece, is accompanied here by the parable \"Joy and the Law\" and \"The Blind Kittens,\" a story originally conceived as the first chapter of a followup to \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa\u003c\/b\u003e (1896-1957) was a Sicilian nobleman, the Duke of Palma, and the last Prince of Lampedusa. He was born in Palermo to an aristocratic family whose fortunes began to decline in the 1800s with the passage of laws breaking up large Sicilian estates. Lampedusa served as an Italian artillery officer during World War I and was captured by the Austrians and held briefly in a prison camp in Hungary. He remained in the Italian military until 1921 and spent the interwar years traveling through Europe and attempting to restore the family estate. During World War II, the Tomasi palace in Palermo was bombed and looted by Allied troops. In the last two years of his life, Lampedusa began writing and produced his great historical novel\u003ci\u003e Il Gattopardo \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as several short literary works, none of which were published during his lifetime. Two years after Lampedusa's death, \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e won the Strega Prize and became a worldwide best seller.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Stephen Twilley\u003c\/b\u003e is the managing editor of \u003ci\u003ePublic Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublic Books.\u003c\/i\u003e His translations from the Italian include Francesco Pacifico's\u003ci\u003e The Story of My Purity\u003c\/i\u003e and Marina Mander's \u003ci\u003eThe First True Lie.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Marina Warner\u003c\/b\u003e's studies of religion, mythology, and fairy tales include \u003ci\u003eAlone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Beast to the Blonde\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Go the Bogeyman\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013 she co-edited \u003ci\u003eScheherazade's Children: Global Encounters with the Arabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e. A Fellow of the British Academy, she is also a professor in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771227341088,"sku":"9781590177198","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9cdd3db78f019a26c67c4d0e198a9e97.webp?v=1780383532","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-professor-and-the-siren-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}