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The Wine-Dark Sea

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Wine-Dark Sea

By Leonardo Sciascia

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Here are some of Sciascia's greatest stories - brief and haunting, the realist tradition at its best. In one tale a couple of men talk, cynically yet earnestly, about the etymology of the word 'mafia' - who they are, and why their interest is so piqued by the word, becomes apparent with frightening clarity. In another story a group of peasants are taken on board ship and promised that they will be put ashore illegally at Trenton, New Jersey; after a long time at sea, their landfall is far from w...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781847089281

Publisher

Granta Books

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Wine-Dark Sea

Format

Paperback

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