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The Dry Heart

By Natalia Ginzburg

Book information

Publisher
New Directions Publishing
Year
2019
ISBN
9780811228794, 0811228797
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
270 kB (276955 bytes)
Pages
96\0
Time added
2020-07-13 07:10:22

Description

Finally back in print, a frighteningly lucid feminist horror story about marriage The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement, “I shot him between the eyes.” Everything in between is a plunge into the chilly waters of loneliness, desperation, and bitterness—and as the tale proceeds, the narrator’s murder of her flighty husband takes on a certain logical inevitability. In this powerful novella, Natalia Ginzburg’s writing is white-hot, fueled by rage, stripped of any preciousness or sentimentality; she transforms an ordinary dull marriage into a rich psychological thriller that might pose the question: why don’t more wives kill their husbands?

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