Leonardo Sciascia
Born
in Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy
January 08, 1921
Died
November 20, 1989
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Genre
Influences
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Il giorno della civetta
104 editions
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1961
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Una storia semplice
34 editions
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published
1989
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To Each His Own
by
82 editions
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published
1966
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La scomparsa di Majorana
by
28 editions
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published
1975
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Todo modo
3 editions
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published
1974
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L'affaire Moro
40 editions
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published
1978
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The Wine-Dark Sea
by
42 editions
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published
1973
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Il Consiglio d'Egitto
60 editions
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published
1963
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Equal Danger
by
57 editions
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published
1971
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Candido or A Dream Dreamed in Sicily
33 editions
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published
1977
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“I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind of love I would like to have for it.”
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“Scientists say that the palm tree line, that is the climate suitable to growth of the palm, is moving north, five hundred metres, I think it was, every year...The palm tree line...I call it the coffee line, the strong black coffee line...It's rising like mercury in a thermometer, this palm tree line, this strong coffee line, this scandal line, rising up throughout Italy and already passed Rome...”
― The Day of the Owl
― The Day of the Owl
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