← Giorgio BassaniThe Heronby Giorgio BassaniNovel depicting a man's existential crisis and withdrawal from societyFind on Amazon↗About the authorGiorgio BassaniItalian author whose linked stories and novels set in the Jewish community of Ferrara constitute a moving elegy for a world destroyed by fascism and the Holocaust. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is his masterpiece.More by Giorgio BassaniThe Garden of the Finzi-ContinisNovel about an Italian Jewish family's doomed attempt to escape persecution→The Gold-Rimmed SpectaclesNovella exploring desire, masculinity, and social prejudice in small-town Italy→Five Stories of Ferrara→Behind the Door→
