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The dry heart / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye.
Author
Ginzburg, Natalia
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Uniform title
È stato così.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2019.
©2018
Description
88 pages ; 21 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PQ4817.I5 E213 2019
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Subject(s)
Marriage
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Fiction
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Parricide
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Fiction
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Murder
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Fiction
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Translator
Frenaye, Frances, 1908-1996
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Series
New Directions paperbook ; 1448.
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New Directions Paperbook ; 1448
Summary note
"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?"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes
"Originally published in Italian as È stato così"--Title page verso.
English translation originally published by The Hogarth Press Ltd. in 1952.
Language note
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN
9780811228787 ((alk. paper))
0811228789 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
2019004340
OCLC
1105721687
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