{"product_id":"the-evening-of-the-holiday-paperback","title":"The Evening of the Holiday - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShirley Hazzard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the words of \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \"\u003ci\u003eA near perfect novel...a small masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e\" by the author of\u003ci\u003e The Great Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassionate undercurrents sweep in and out of this eloquent novel about a love affair in a summer countryside in Italy and its inevitable end. It takes place in a setting of pastoral beauty during a time of celebration--a festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie, half English, half Italian, meets Tancredi, an Italian who is separated from his wife and family. In telling the story of their love affair, Shirley Hazzard punctures the placid surface of polite Italian society to reveal the intense yearnings and surprising responses in sophisticated people caught up in emotions they do not always understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Hazzard\u003c\/b\u003e (1931-2016) is the author, most recently, of\u003ci\u003e Greene on Capri\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of Graham Greene, and several works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Evening of the Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bay of Noon, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Transit of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1981 National Book Critics Circle Award. She lived in New York City and Capri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.31 x 5.73 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519474790707,"sku":"9780312423261","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bWJGTWlvR0piY1ZZT2xIZ21CQmpEdz09.webp?v=1760500448","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-evening-of-the-holiday-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}