{"product_id":"my-heart-hemmed-in-marie-ndiaye-9781931883627","title":"My Heart Hemmed in","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Marie NDiaye is a master of creating menacing, off-kilter worlds that speak to the truth of human experience.\"--Ayşeg? Savaş, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite on White\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConjuring an atmosphere of paranoia and menace, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Hemmed In\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Hemmed In\u003c\/i\u003e shows a masterful author giving her readers her most complex and compelling world yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Ndiaye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931883629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931883627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2017","brand":"Marie Ndiaye","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045348471039,"sku":"9781931883627","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb0280bd-8fb4-408e-a33c-6bb604eeee14.jpg?v=1684978215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-heart-hemmed-in-marie-ndiaye-9781931883627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}