[ExI] authors, italian and otherwise

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Spike spiked:
> Question please: if you wished to explain your native culture to someone
> outside, which book would you recommend and why?  

'The Leopard' (Italian: 'Il Gattopardo') a novel by 
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published, 
posthumously, in 1958. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leopard
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808645786/info
http://www.communitywalk.com/the_leopard_map/map/359495

Why? It is a masterpiece. "For things to remain the same, everything must 
change",
the famous catch-phrase simply suggests ... adaptation.