num_pages: 160
description: An international sensation, Elke Schmitter’s explosive debut novel presents a modern-day twist on Madame Bovary .Margarethe can remember very clearly the last time she was she was eighteen, prized for her beauty, and swept off her feet by her wealthy, dashing boyfriend. Then he left her. For the last twenty years she has lived in a provincial German town with her dependable husband, her self-directed daughter, and her adoring mother-in-law. Her life has been one of numbing predictability–until she meets Michael, a married man who stirs her from her resignation, delivering her to heights of rapture only to ignite far more destructive passions. An erotic, psychologically charged thriller narrated with chilling dispassion, Mrs. Sartoris opens a bracing portal onto obsession and the crucible of love.
language: English
title: Mrs. Sartoris
titlecomplete: Mrs. Sartoris
genres: German Literature, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction, Germany, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 199
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Shortlist
publisher: Vintage