{"product_id":"9781590177198","title":"The Professor and the Siren","description":"An NYRB Classics Original\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the last two years of his life, the Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote not only the internationally celebrated novel \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e but also three shorter pieces of fiction, brought together here in a new translation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “The Professor and the Siren,” like \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e, meditates on the past and the passage of time, and also on the relationship between erotic love and learning. Professor La Ciura is one of the world’s most distinguished Hellenists; his knowledge, however, came at the cost of a loss that has haunted him for his entire life. This Lampedusa’s final masterpiece, is accompanied here by the parable “Joy and the Law” and “The Blind Kittens,” a story originally conceived as the first chapter of a followup to \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48438364176596,"sku":"9781590177198","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c36c6792-0c9e-48fb-90ab-e042022e35ce.jpg?v=1786146717","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781590177198","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}