The Dry Heart
Subjects
- FICTION / Psychological
- FICTION / Women
- FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
- FICTION / World Literature / Italy
Tags
italy, works in translationThe 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?
Product Details
- Paperback
- 96 pages
- ISBN
- 9780811228787
- Publisher
- New Directions (6/25/19)
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- Subjects
Subjects
- FICTION / Psychological
- FICTION / Women
- FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
- FICTION / World Literature / Italy
- Tags
Tags
italy, works in translation
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