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The Dry Heart
The Dry Heart | Natalia Ginzburg
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The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement, "I shot him between the eyes." Everything in between is a plunge into the chilly waters of loneliness, desperation, and bitterness--and as the tale proceeds, the narrator's murder of her flighty husband takes on a certain logical inevitability. In this powerful novella, Natalia Ginzburg's writing is white-hot, fueled by rage, stripped of any preciousness or sentimentality; she transforms an ordinary dull marriage into a rich psychological thriller that might pose the question: why don't more wives kill their husbands?
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DimeryRene
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10/10! I loved this book. Quiet marriage and quiet rage. No wonder women are angry. 🔫

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magyklyXdelish
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This was very close to a 5 star read for me. I loved how, even though I couldn‘t relate to her obsession/love, I could still feel it and understand her reasoning behind the decisions she made. I truly felt everything the character felt. The only thing keeping it from being a 5 was how slow it was. It made it feel longer than it was.

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lauraisntwilder
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I've read several Ginzburg books before and this one felt different. I still enjoyed it though (and it's so short, I would've pushed through regardless).

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ManyWordsLater
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If you like Ferrante or Starnone, you‘ll like this one. The writing is very similar. Matter of fact. Inferred emotion.

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ManyWordsLater
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Perfect sized book to tote around with me.

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AnneCecilie
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A book that after a very short first paragraph has the sentence “I shot him between thee eyes”, certainly gets my attention. Then it looks into how they met, got married and had a family and how the marriage fell about. This book covers a lot in just 120p.

1st book done for #JubilantJuly
#1974 #192025

Librarybelle That would certainly get my attention too! 2y
Andrew65 well done 👏👏👏 2y
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ReadingEnvy
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“I shot him between the eyes.”
This is on the first page of this 1947 Italian novella about marriage, expectations, and the parts people play without stopping to think.

This will be a quick read for Women in Translation month! I had a copy of the reprint from the publisher; it came out June 25.

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