Description
A collection of the best of Sciascia's gritty, darkly glittering short stories
About the Author
LEONARDO SCAISCIA was born in Sicily in 1912 and died there in 1989. Like Joseph Roth, Sciascia worked with deceptively simple forms - books about crime, historical novels, political thrillers - and was a master of lucid and accessible prose. This polished surface conceals great depths of sophistication and an intense engagement with the moral and historical problems of modern Italy, especially of his native Sicily. His books are rooted in a particular culture; they speak to anyone who has ever wondered how people can endure unbearable injustice.
Reviews
Few writers managed to capture the taciturn Sicilian character better than Sciascia, who always understood the power of implication in his work. [A] superb collection * The Times *
Brief, haunting and unforgettable * Sunday Tribune *
A well-written and instructive collection * Time Out *
There are 13 stories in The Wine-Dark Sea... I guarantee you will wish there were more * Big Issue in the North *
Book Information
ISBN 9781847089281
Author Leonardo Sciascia
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 157g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 13mm