The dry heart / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye.

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Ginzburg, Natalia [Browse]
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English
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  • New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2019.
  • ©2018
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88 pages ; 21 cm.

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    "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.
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    • "Originally published in Italian as È stato così"--Title page verso.
    • English translation originally published by The Hogarth Press Ltd. in 1952.
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    Translated from the Italian.
    ISBN
    • 9780811228787 ((alk. paper))
    • 0811228789 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2019004340
    OCLC
    1105721687
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