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The dry heart
- Title
- The dry heart / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye.
- Author
- Ginzburg, Natalia
- Publication
- New York : New Directions, 2019.
- ©1952
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Frenaye, Frances, 1908-1996
- Description
- 88 pages; 21 cm.
- 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?"--
- Series Statement
- New Directions paperbook ; NDP1448
- Uniform Title
- È stato così. English
- New Directions paperbook ; NDP1448.
- Alternative Title
- È stato così.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Note
- "A New Directions Book."
- "Originally published in Italian under the title È stato così"--T.p. verso.
- English translation originally published by The Hogarth Press Ltd. in 1952.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-1068
- ISBN
- 9780811228787
- 0811228789
- LCCN
- 2019004340
- OCLC
- 1057376172
- Author
- Ginzburg, Natalia, author.
- Title
- The dry heart / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated from the Italian by Frances Frenaye.
- Publisher
- New York : New Directions, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©1952
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New Directions paperbook ; NDP1448New Directions paperbook ; NDP1448.
- Added Author
- Frenaye, Frances, 1908-1996, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-1068