{"product_id":"her-body-knows-david-grossman-9780312425050","title":"Her Body Knows: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHer Body Knows\u003c\/i\u003e, a fevered storyteller and a captive audience revisit the past together in each of David Grossman's novellas, trying to make sense of a betrayal that neither one can put to rest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Frenzy, reserved, respectable Shaul lets his sister-in-law, Esti, into a secret nightmare, as he reveals to her his conviction that his wife is having an affair. Along with Esti, we find ourselves trapped in his paranoia and desperation as we accompany the odd pair down Israel's highways on a journey that reveals a passion perverted by jealousy and self-loathing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, a successful but embittered novelist visits her mother, who is in the last stages of cancer. Grossman investigates the powers of storytelling to harm and heal as the daughter reads aloud her own imagined, merciless account of her mother's love affair with a much younger teenage boy. Gradually it becomes clear that, for all its anger, the daughter's story and the writing process itself have led her to a new appreciation of her mother's difficult character, and her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStudies in obsession, claustrophobia, and the need to confess, these two novellas mark a new departure from a writer who has been, for nearly two decades, the one of the most original and talented ... anywhere. (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Grossman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312425058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312425050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2006 pg. 20","brand":"David Grossman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946434363647,"sku":"9780312425050","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5d2b7f2b-41d9-4fed-84fa-272e2d2d87ce.jpg?v=1681513126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/her-body-knows-david-grossman-9780312425050","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}