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PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 15/02/2026
Sylvia would have liked him vastly better without his gun; she could not understand why he killed the very birds he seemed to like so much.'A tale for our times, 'A White Heron' follows Sylvia, a young woman who moves from the city to live with her grandmother in the Maine countryside. One day she is approached by a trophy hunter, who is keen to track down a rare and elusive bird so that he can shoot it and preserve it - but Sylvia finds herself enabling the bird's escape. Painting beautiful portraits of American countryside, and tapping into deep debates around humans and their relationship with nature, this extraordinary short-story collection was years ahead of its time, and is ripe for rediscovery.Binding: Paperback / softback