My heart hemmed in
By: Marie NDiaye ; translated by Jordan Stump
Contributors: Stump, Jordan, 1959- translator
Publisher: Two Lines Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781931883627
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Husband and wife; Hostility (Psychology); Teachers; Alienation (Social psychology); French fiction; Fiction
Work titles: Mon coeur à l'étroit
Description: "There is something very wrong with Nadia and her husband Ange, middle-aged provincial schoolteachers who slowly realize that they are despised by everyone around them. One day a savage wound appears in Ange's stomach, and as Nadia fights to save her husband's life their hideous neighbor Noget--a man everyone insists is a famous author--inexplicably imposes his care upon them. While Noget fattens them with ever richer foods, Nadia embarks on a nightmarish visit to her ex-husband and estranged son--is she abandoning Ange or revisiting old grievances in an attempt to save him?"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Translation from the French of: Mon coeur à l'étroit.