My Heart Hemmed in

By Marie NDiaye

Book Overview

"Marie NDiaye is a master of creating menacing, off-kilter worlds that speak to the truth of human experience."--Ayşeg l Savaş, author of White on White

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?

Conjuring an atmosphere of paranoia and menace, My Heart Hemmed In creates a bizarre, foggy world where strange coincidences, harsh cruelty, and constantly shifting relationships all seem part of some shadowy truth. Surreal, allegorical, and psychologically acute, My Heart Hemmed In shows a masterful author giving her readers her most complex and compelling world yet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931883629
• ISBN13: 9781931883627
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Two Lines Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.9"