{"product_id":"the-heron-paperback-by-giorgio-bassani","title":"The Heron Paperback by Giorgio Bassani","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-09-11)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e288\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780141192147\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e113.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.74 x 12.93 x 0.89\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisite. . . a classic tour de force' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It struggled to keep itself aloft, to gain height. But then it suddenly gave up, and dropped as though it were breaking into many pieces'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly on a cold Sunday morning, forty-five-year-old Edgardo Limentani gets up to join a shooting party in the countryside surrounding the town of Ferrara. As the day passes, he contemplates his past, his disappointments and how he has got here. Like the birds he shoots, he realizes, he is trapped, broken, waiting alone for the final \u003ci\u003ecoup de grâce\u003c\/i\u003e. Then he sees a way out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fifth book in Bassani's \u003ci\u003eNovel of Ferrara\u003c\/i\u003e sequence, and his final novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Heron\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, poignant portrait of a middle-aged man's reckoning with his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiorgio Bassani (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Gold-Rimmed Spectacles,  \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFive Stories of Ferrara (Within the Walls)\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Strega Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1962 and was made into a feature film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46551997153441,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780141192147","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780141192147.jpg?v=1781701533","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-heron-paperback-by-giorgio-bassani","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}