{"product_id":"my-heart-hemmed-in-by-marie-ndiaye-jordan-stump","title":"My Heart Hemmed In by Marie NDiaye, Jordan Stump","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Marie NDiaye is a master of creating menacing, off-kilter worlds that speak to the truth of human experience.\"—Ayşegül Savaş, author of White on White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003eConjuring 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catnap Books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":53843176227082,"sku":"9781931883627","price":6.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4730\/2666\/files\/6FF3B8B7-E0B6-4AF6-8546-6718AC885CE0.jpg?v=1790864955","url":"https:\/\/catnapbooks.nl\/products\/my-heart-hemmed-in-by-marie-ndiaye-jordan-stump","provider":"Catnap Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}