I was given The Optician of Lampedusa as a Christmas gift this yea. Having recently waded through Schindler’s Ark and Rebecca (both quite long for me at 429 and 441 pages, judge all you like) I was keen for something a little briefer. Train-journey length, ideally. At just 117 pages, The Optician of Lampedusa was… Continue reading Book review: The Optician of Lampedusa