My Heart Hemmed In |
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| Author:
| NDiaye, Marie |
| Translator:
| Stump, Jordan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-931883-62-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
| Publisher: | Two Lines Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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"Marie NDiaye is a master of creating menacing, off-kilter worlds that speak to the truth of human experience."--Ayşegül Savaş, author of White on White There is something very wrong with Nadia and her husband Ange, middle-aged provincial schoolteachers who slowly realize that they are despised by everyone around them. One day a savage wound appears in Ange's stomach, and as Nadia fights to save her husband's life their hideous neighbor...
More Description "Marie NDiaye is a master of creating menacing, off-kilter worlds that speak to the truth of human experience."--Ayşegül Savaş, author of White on White
There is something very wrong with Nadia and her husband Ange, middle-aged provincial schoolteachers who slowly realize that they are despised by everyone around them. One day a savage wound appears in Ange's stomach, and as Nadia fights to save her husband's life their hideous neighbor Noget--a man everyone insists is a famous author--inexplicably imposes his care upon them. While Noget fattens them with ever richer foods, Nadia embarks on a nightmarish visit to her ex-husband and estranged son--is she abandoning Ange or revisiting old grievances in an attempt to save him?
Conjuring an atmosphere of paranoia and menace, My Heart Hemmed In creates a bizarre, foggy world where strange coincidences, harsh cruelty, and constantly shifting relationships all seem part of some shadowy truth. Surreal, allegorical, and psychologically acute, My Heart Hemmed In shows a masterful author giving her readers her most complex and compelling world yet.