| Description |
88 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A New Directions Book." |
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"Originally published in Italian under the title È stato così"--T.p. verso |
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English translation originally published by The Hogarth Press Ltd. in 1952 |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Fiction.
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Parricide -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Frenaye, Frances, 1908-1996, translator.
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| Added Title |
È stato così. English.
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| ISBN |
9780811228787 (alk. paper) |
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0811228789 |
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