Il Consiglio D'egitto by Leonardo sciascia
In a provincial Sicilian setting of the pre‑unification era, a seemingly minor discovery of a forged genealogy triggers a legal and moral inquiry that exposes how local institutions, notaries and nobles collude to manufacture social standing; the narrative follows the persistent unraveling of the forgery and the reactions it provokes, revealing the ease with which law and documentation can be turned into instruments of power and the ambivalent compromises a community accepts to preserve order and privilege.
- Published
- 1963
- Nationality
- Italian
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- Original Language
- Italian
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- Alternate Titles
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- El consejo de Egipto
- Le Conseil d'Égypte
- The Council of Egypt
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