The story of how one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century came to be.
Steven Price's first collection of poems, Anatomy of Keys, won Canada's 2007 Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Collection, was short-listed for the BC Poetry Prize, and was named a Globe and Mail Book of the Year. His first novel, Into That Darkness, was short-listed for the 2012 BC Fiction Prize. His second collection of poems, Omens in the Year of the Ox, won the 2013 ReLit Award. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia, with his family.
So vivid and true . . . Lampedusa is a beautiful novel,
lyrical and wise. Reading it made me feel both melancholy and
uplifted. -- David Gilmour, author of The Last Leopard, A Life
of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa * Financial Times *
Lampedusa is one of the most powerful depictions of the
creative act, and its roots in the wounds of the soul, that a
reader is likely to encounter . . . Lampedusa is a marvel, a
strange, wonderful, and utterly unforgettable book. * Toronto Star
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More striking than the biographical accuracy or even the intricate
scaffolding of the story is the texture of images by Price, also a
poet. Their beauty casts the same spell as his sensualist subject
and the unhurried pleasure of experiencing them. * The Globe
and Mail *
Price powerfully imagines Tomasi's final days as the ailing author
struggles to complete and publish his treasured manuscript . . .
A masterful storyteller, Price conjures Tomasi with language and
images that evocatively fix him and his distant world indelibly in
our minds. -- Jury Citation, Scotiabank Giller Prize
In subtle and intelligent prose, Price invites us into the mind of
a man striving to make sense of memory and mortality. * Sunday
Times *
Price's dignified prose is reminiscent of the venerable classic.
Lampedusa is a captivating look at life and legacy. *
Irish Times *
The prose is superbly controlled, richly textured, brimming with
wise and lyrical insights that make it a worthy heir to its
mighty predecessor. * New York Times *
[Price traces] his protagonist's path toward death and
self-knowledge in an unsparing yet tender portrait that
makes Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa as compelling as his great
novel. * Washington Post *
An ode to writing itself . . . The author's poetic prose is
infused with empathic warmth for the emotional travails of writing
. . . An obviously, if quietly, ambitious novel. * Los Angeles
Review of Books *
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