Bassani, Giorgio
The Heron (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141192147
- author:
- Bassani, Giorgio
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Heron by Giorgio Bassani is a poignant portrait of a middle-aged man's reckoning with his life. On a cold Sunday morning, Edgardo Limentani joins a shooting party in the countryside, where he contemplates his past and the disappointments that have led him to this point. As the day unfolds, he begins to see a way out. Like the birds he shoots, Edgardo realizes he is trapped, broken, waiting for the final moment of release. But then he sees an opportunity to break free from his circumstances. Bassani's taut and powerful prose masterfully captures the complexities of human emotion, creating a deeply moving and thought-provoking novel. The Heron is the fifth book in Bassani's Novel of Ferrara sequence, and his final novel. It is a powerful exploration of life, loss, and redemption, one that will stay with readers long after they finish reading.
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