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Open Doors and Three Novellas

Open Doors and Three Novellas

Leonardo Sciascia
4/5 ( ratings)
"A miniature masterpiece [by] one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century European literature."--The New York Times Book Review

From one of modern Italy's greatest writers come four flawless novellas that combine history and fiction while mapping the treacherous relations between individuals and the state. Whether set amid the paranoia of the fascist past or the criminal and political labyrinths of present-day Italy, the novellas in Open Doors are thrillers of Kafkaesque moral gravity, beautifully written and relentlessly engrossing.

"During the last quarter century, Sciascia has made of his curious Sicilian experience a literature that is not quite like anything else ever done by a European."--Gore Vidal

"Sciascia has claimed a niche in the critical pantheon comparable to [that of] Pirandello and Borges."--Washington Post Book World

"Combining fiction, historical meditation, philosophy and intellectual detective work . . . these novels [are] a poignant gleam of the elusive gold standard in literature."--Newsday

"Our century's most brilliant writer-detective."--Village Voice
Language
English
Pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Release
November 02, 1993
ISBN
0679735615
ISBN 13
9780679735618

Open Doors and Three Novellas

Leonardo Sciascia
4/5 ( ratings)
"A miniature masterpiece [by] one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century European literature."--The New York Times Book Review

From one of modern Italy's greatest writers come four flawless novellas that combine history and fiction while mapping the treacherous relations between individuals and the state. Whether set amid the paranoia of the fascist past or the criminal and political labyrinths of present-day Italy, the novellas in Open Doors are thrillers of Kafkaesque moral gravity, beautifully written and relentlessly engrossing.

"During the last quarter century, Sciascia has made of his curious Sicilian experience a literature that is not quite like anything else ever done by a European."--Gore Vidal

"Sciascia has claimed a niche in the critical pantheon comparable to [that of] Pirandello and Borges."--Washington Post Book World

"Combining fiction, historical meditation, philosophy and intellectual detective work . . . these novels [are] a poignant gleam of the elusive gold standard in literature."--Newsday

"Our century's most brilliant writer-detective."--Village Voice
Language
English
Pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Release
November 02, 1993
ISBN
0679735615
ISBN 13
9780679735618

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