Stunning modern new cover reissue of one of Penelope Fitzgerald's best-loved novels Penelope Fitzgerald's profile has remained high since her death over a year ago. The publication of her short stories, The Means of Escape, met with huge critical acclaim. In keeping with series style of the reissues, this will look extremely beautiful and collectable. Competition: AS Byatt, Rose Tremain

A new edition of the Booker Prize winner Penelope Fitzgerald’s best-loved novel of romance in post-war Italy, with a new introduction by Julian Barnes.

The Ridolfis are a Florentine family of long lineage and little money. It is 1955, and the family, like its decrepit villa and farm, has seen better days. Only eighteen-year-old Chiara shows anything like vitality.

Chiara has set her heart on Salvatore, a young and brilliant doctor who resolved long ago to be emotionally dependent on no one. Faced with this, she calls on her English girlfriend Barney to help her make the impossible match…