In the words of Time magazine, “A near perfect novel...a small masterpiece” by the author of The Great Fire
Passionate 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.
Sophie, 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.
Passionate 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.
Sophie, 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.
Genre: Romance
Used availability for Shirley Hazzard's The Evening of the Holiday
See all available used copies of this book at: Abebooks UK or Abebooks US
Hardback Editions
May 1966 : Hardback
| Title: Evening of the Holiday Author(s):: Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 0333005333 / 9780333005330 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Paperback Editions
September 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Evening Of The Holiday Author(s):: Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 1844082172 / 9781844082179 (UK edition) Publisher: Virago Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
July 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Evening of the Holiday Author(s):: Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 0312423268 / 9780312423261 (USA edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
June 1988 : Paperback
| Title: The Evening of the Holiday (King Penguin) Author(s):: Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 0140104518 / 9780140104516 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
July 1981 : Paperback
| Title: The Evening of the Holiday Author(s):: Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 0872168743 / 9780872168749 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Pub Group (Mm) Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
January 1969 : Paperback
| Title: The Evening of the Holiday Author(s):: Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 0140029125 / 9780140029123 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
© 2013 Fantastic Fiction
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk

