Alma Classics

As well as bringing you a selection of great new titles we are delighted to announce that we have received the National Prize for Translation from the Italian Ministry of Culture. We are the first British publisher to have won the prize since it was first started in 1989 to celebrate the promotion of Italian culture abroad. Alessandro Gallenzi and Elisabetta Minervini
JULY HIGHLIGHT: CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AND OTHER STORIES BY GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN PARKIN
We are proud to present Childhood Memories and Other Stories by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa – an extraordinary book, for many reasons. This is the first complete and unexpurgated version of all the uncollected fiction by Lampedusa.  Childhood Memories was written at around the same time as The  Leopard and shows the same emotional and psychological  background as Lampedusa's masterpiece. Many sentences  and details from Childhood Memories have been lifted into The  Leopard: this autobiographical piece is without doubt the most  personal and intimate work written by the Sicilian master. 'Joy and the Law' and 'The Siren' are wonderful literary stories,  while 'The Blind Kittens' -- a complete story in itself -- it's the  beginning of a sequel to The Leopard, and an extraordinary  piece of writing. These four gems have been all newly translated  by Stephen Parkin and annotated by our publisher Alessandro  Gallenzi. This edition also includes an introduction by Ian Thomson. HARDBACK WAS £14.99, NOW £11.99 FROM OUR WEBSITE ISBN:  9781847493057 - 224 pp. - Available from 5th July 2013 EBOOK £9.99 + VAT, ISBN: 9781847493392 F YOU ENJOY LAMPEDUSA'S WORK WHY NOT TRY LETTERS FROM LONDON AND EUROPE "The correspondence of a Sicilian writer-prince charts aristocratic  decay and the evolution of the modern Mafia." The Financial Times "[These letters show] Lampedusa’s ability to turn the most banal  of events into a riveting story.' The Daily Telegraph WAS £9.99, NOW £7.99 ONLINE ISBN: 9781846881374 - 288 pp. - PAPERBACK	I
ALSO NEW THIS MONTH
PLEASURES AND DAYS BY MARCEL PROUST TRANSLATION BY ANDREW BROWN Proust’s only other work of fiction published in his lifetime apart from  the monumental novel cycle In Search of Lost Time, Pleasures and  Days takes the reader on a journey through the high-society circles  of fin-de-siècle Paris, presenting the lives, loves and attitudes of a  host of unforgettable characters. Rich in language and detail, and by turns satirical and moving,  Proust’s stories – presented here in Andrew Brown’s nuanced  translation, the only edition currently in print – are layered with  imagery and feeling and foreshadow the themes and psychological  atmosphere of his later masterpiece. “Pleasure and Days yields the earliest blooms from [Proust’s] emerging, lifelong fascination with the labyrinths of snobbery  and sexuality in Parisian high society.”The Independent WAS £7.99, NOW £6.39 ONLINE - Available from 28th June 2013 ISBN: 9781847493170 - 240 pp. - PAPERBACK
A NEW ADDITION TO OUR FITZGERALD COLLECTION THE LAST TYCOON BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Monroe Stahr is a film producer at the height of his career, revered  by the industry and in control of every aspect of his business  empire. In his ruthless rise to the top, the young widower has  had little time for sentiment, until he meets the beguiling Kathleen  Moore, and the two embark on an intense but ill-fated relationship. Told in parts from the perspective of Cecelia Brady, the witty and  perceptive daughter of Stahr’s business partner, The Last Tycoon  is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden  Age of Hollywood, containing what many critics have claimed are  Fitzgerald’s most modern and engaging characters. WAS £6.99, NOW £5.59 ONLINE ISBN: 9781847493187 - 208 pp. - PAPERBACK
NEW FROM OVERTURE PUBLISHING CARMEN BY GEORGES BIZET Carmen is one of the most enduringly popular of all operas  and the most successful of Georges Bizet’s works.  Following its premiere at the Opéra- Comique in Paris  in 1875, it went on to be performed at all the major opera  houses in the world. With its searing depictions of passion,  obsession and jealousy, it has never lost its hold on the  opera-going public. This guide has articles which describe the genesis of the  opera, its initial failure at its premiere and the various  versions in which it went on to conquer the opera stages  of Europe and the USA. There are also articles which  analyse its appeal, which explore its music and which  detail its extensive performance history. The guide has  sixteen pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide,  the full libretto and English translation (in both the  dialogue and recitative versions), a discography,  bibliography, DVD and website guides. WAS £12.00, NOW £9.60 ONLINE ISBN: 9781847495525 - 384 pp. - PAPERBACK