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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 what they expected. And Mussolini himself takes an interest in the case of Aleister Crowley, whose presence in Sicily has become an embarrassment.

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Few writers managed to capture the taciturn Sicilian character better than Sciascia, who always understood the power of implication in his work. [A] superb collection * The Times *
Brief, haunting and unforgettable * Sunday Tribune *
A well-written and instructive collection * Time Out *
There are 13 stories in The Wine-Dark Sea... I guarantee you will wish there were more * Big Issue in the North *

The Wine-Dark Sea

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    A Paperback / softback by Leonardo Sciascia, Avril Bardoni

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      Publisher: Granta Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/01/2014
      ISBN13: 9781847089281, 978-1847089281
      ISBN10: 1847089283
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 what they expected. And Mussolini himself takes an interest in the case of Aleister Crowley, whose presence in Sicily has become an embarrassment.

      Trade Review
      Few writers managed to capture the taciturn Sicilian character better than Sciascia, who always understood the power of implication in his work. [A] superb collection * The Times *
      Brief, haunting and unforgettable * Sunday Tribune *
      A well-written and instructive collection * Time Out *
      There are 13 stories in The Wine-Dark Sea... I guarantee you will wish there were more * Big Issue in the North *

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