{"product_id":"the-wine-dark-sea-paperback-3","title":"The Wine Dark Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonardo Sciascia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlbert Mobilio\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eAvril Bardoni\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonardo Sciascia was an outstanding and controversial presence in twentieth-century Italian literary and intellectual life. Writing about his native Sicily and its culture of secrecy and suspicion, Sciascia matched sympathy with skepticism, unflinching intelligence with a streetfighter's intransigent poise. Sciascia was particularly admired for his short stories, and The Wine-Dark Sea offers what he considered his best work in the genre: thirteen spare and trenchant miniatures that range in subject from village idiots to mafia dons, marital spats to American dreams. Here, in unforgettable form, Sciascia examines the contradictions--sometimes comic, sometimes deadly, and sometimes both--of Sicily's turbulent history and day-to-day life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonardo Sciascia (1921-1989) was born in Racamulto, Sicily. Starting in the 1950s, he established himself in Italy as a novelist and essayist, and also as a controversial commentator on political affairs. Among his many other books are \u003ci\u003eSalt on the Wound, \u003c\/i\u003e a biography of a Sicilian town, \u003ci\u003eThe Council of Egypt, \u003c\/i\u003e an historical novel, and \u003ci\u003eTodo Modo, \u003c\/i\u003e a book in a genre that Sciascia could be said to have invented: the metaphysical mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlbert Mobilio is a poet and critic. His books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eBendable Siege \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Geographics\u003c\/i\u003e, and his criticism has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1999 he won the National Book Critics Circle award for excellence in reviewing. He teaches at The New School.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772844114208,"sku":"9780940322530","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ef1c8953ea85b082d66990f9a76f0d8b.webp?v=1780415481","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-wine-dark-sea-paperback-3","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}