The Heron
$28.80
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2018
Summary
A new translation of Bassani’s haunting last novel—a portrait of a middle-aged man’s reckoning with life and loneliness.
In the fifth book of the Romanzo di Ferrara, Bassani follows a day in the slipping life of Edgardo Limentani, a man of forty-five who sets out with a shooting party into the watery countryside surrounding Ferrara. As the day wears on, his malaise grows, seeping from his thoughts and feelings into the natural world around him, until it reaches an intolerable pitch. T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141192147 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141192143 |
| Author: | Giorgio Bassani, Jamie McKendrick |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 114g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Exquisite… a classic tour de force that will be around for a long time * The New York Times *
Giorgio Bassani is one of the great witnesses of this century, and one of its great artists * Guardian *
Powerful new translations … Bassani began as a poet, and McKendrick’s redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance and generosity – Ali Smith
Bassani’s masterpiece * The New York Times *
About The Author
Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani was born in 1916. From 1938 onwards he became involved in various anti-fascist activities for which he was imprisoned in 1943. His works include The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles, and Five Stories of Ferrara (Within the Walls), which won the Strega Prize. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1962 and was made into a feature film.
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