{
"item_title" : "The Dry Heart",
"item_author" : [" Natalia Ginzburg", "Frances Frenaye "],
"item_description" : "The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: I shot him between the eyes. As the tale--a plunge into the chilly waters of loneliness, desperation, and bitterness--proceeds, the narrator's murder of her flighty husband takes on a certain logical inevitability. Stripped of any preciousness or sentimentality, Natalia Ginzburg's writing here is white-hot, tempered by rage. She transforms the unhappy tale of an ordinary dull marriage into a rich psychological thriller that seems to beg the question: why don't more wives kill their husbands?",
"item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/81/122/878/0811228789_b.jpg",
"price_data" : {
"retail_price" : "12.95", "online_price" : "12.95", "our_price" : "12.95", "club_price" : "12.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""
}
}
Overview
The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: "I shot him between the eyes." As the tale--a plunge into the chilly waters of loneliness, desperation, and bitterness--proceeds, the narrator's murder of her flighty husband takes on a certain logical inevitability. Stripped of any preciousness or sentimentality, Natalia Ginzburg's writing here is white-hot, tempered by rage. She transforms the unhappy tale of an ordinary dull marriage into a rich psychological thriller that seems to beg the question: why don't more wives kill their husbands?
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780811228787
- ISBN-10: 0811228789
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Publish Date: June 2019
- Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 96
Related Categories