{"product_id":"my-heart-hemmed-in-paperback","title":"My Heart Hemmed in - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Ndiaye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Marie NDiaye is a master of creating menacing, off-kilter worlds that speak to the truth of human experience.\"--Ayşegül 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie NDiaye\u003c\/b\u003e met her father for the first time at age 15, two years before publishing her first novel. She is the recipient of the Prix Femina and the Prix Goncourt, the latter being highest honor a French writer can receive. One of ten finalists for the 2013 International Booker Prize, alongside Lydia Davis and Marilynne Robinson, she is the author of over a dozen plays and works of prose. She lives in Germany. \u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the leading translators of innovative French literature. The recipient of numerous honors and prizes, he has translated books by Nobel laureate Claude Simon, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, and Eric Chevillard, as well as Jules Verne's French-language novel \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Island\u003c\/i\u003e. His translation of NDiaye's \u003ci\u003eAll My Friends\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the French-American Foundation Translation Prize. He lives in Lincoln, NB.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760144711968,"sku":"9781931883627","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b32ece3c8493d11d6cb63dc694577f5e.webp?v=1780172759","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-heart-hemmed-in-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}