Night's Lies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184655554X ISBN 13: 9781846555541

Publisher: Collins Harvill, 1990

Synopsis

In a Mediterranean island fortress-prison under the Bourbon monarchy four political prisoners suspected of conspiracy spend their last night before execution, discussing their lives, old hopes and ambitions.

About this title

About the Author:

Gesualdo Bufalino was born at Comiso, Sicily, in 1920. He studied literature at Catania and Palermo, and was a teacher by profession, turning author only after his retirement in 1976. He started his first novel, The Plague-Sower, in 1950, but it was only in 1981, after taking the discarded manuscript out of the drawer and reworking it, that it was published; it won the Premio Campiello. This and other works, including Blind Argus ("a construct of time and memory, artful and full of delight" Scotsman) on which the translator, Patrick Creagh, has won the John Florio Prize. With this novel, Night's Lies, the author won Italy's top literary award, the Premio Strega.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Harvill
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 184655554X
• ISBN 13: 9781846555541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1