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Leonardo Sciascia

Born

in Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy

January 08, 1921

Died

November 20, 1989

Website

http://www.amicisciascia.it/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Politics, Crime

Influences

Stendhal, Luigi Pirandello, Voltaire, Giovanni Verga, Michel de Montai ...more

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Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1989) wrote of his unique Sicilian experience, linking families with political parties, the treachery of alliances and allegiances, and the calling of favours that resort in outcomes that are not for the benefit of society, but of those individuals who are in favour.

Sciascia perhaps, in the end, wanted to prove that the corruption that was and is endemic in Italian society helps only those who are part of the secret societies and loyalties and the political classes.

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Leonardo Sciascia’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 50,357 ratings · 3,650 reviews · 232 distinct works • Similar authors

	Il giorno della civetta 3.73 avg rating — 15,418 ratings — published 1961 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Una storia semplice 3.82 avg rating — 6,657 ratings — published 1989 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Each His Own by Leonardo Sciascia, Adrienne Foulke (Translator), W.S. Di Piero (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 6,422 ratings — published 1966 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La scomparsa di Majorana by Leonardo Sciascia, Lea Ritter Santini (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 3,818 ratings — published 1975 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Todo modo 3.85 avg rating — 2,266 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'affaire Moro 4.03 avg rating — 1,295 ratings — published 1978 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wine-Dark Sea by Leonardo Sciascia, Avril Bardoni (Translator), Albert Mobilio (Introduction) 3.90 avg rating — 1,193 ratings — published 1973 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Consiglio d'Egitto 3.75 avg rating — 1,066 ratings — published 1963 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equal Danger by Leonardo Sciascia, Adrienne Foulke (Translator), Carlin Romano (Introduction) 3.77 avg rating — 1,044 ratings — published 1971 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Candido or A Dream Dreamed in Sicily 3.87 avg rating — 910 ratings — published 1977 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Leonardo Sciascia (?)

“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.”
― Leonardo Sciascia

tags: sicily

23 likes

“Maybe the whole of italy is becoming a sort of Sicily.”
― Leonardo Sciascia, The Day of the Owl

tags: italy, sicily

20 likes

“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...”
― Leonardo Sciascia, The Day of the Owl

tags: italy, sicily

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L'affaire Moro di Leonardo Sciascia

66 votes, 42.3%

L'Italia degli anni di piombo: 1965-1978 di Indro Montanelli

27 votes, 17.3%

Il miracolo scippato. Le quattro occasioni sprecate della scienza italiana negli anni sessanta di Marco Pivato

26 votes, 16.7%

Storia d'Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi di Paul Ginsborg

21 votes, 13.5%

Storia d'Italia dal 1861 al 1997 di Denis Mack Smith

16 votes, 10.3%

156 total votes

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