Title: E' stato così
First published: 1974
Description: "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?"--
Subjects: Pq4817.i5 e2 2001, 853, Marriage, fiction, Fiction, general, Marriage, Fiction, Parricide, Murder
LC classification: PQ4817.I5 E2 1974, PQ4817.I58 E2 1949