{"product_id":"heron","title":"Heron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Heron is a novel by Antonio Bassani that portrays a middle-aged man's reckoning with his life. It is a classic tour de force that depicts a man trapped, broken, and waiting alone for the final coup de grâce. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 26 July 2018\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 116g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 132 x 198 x 12 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780141192147\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giorgio Bassani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100960059642,"sku":"9780141192147","price":7.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/364876e92ca1582618ac41871b1ccb6c.jpg?v=1629863509","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/heron","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}