My heart hemmed in

Marie NDiaye

Original title: Mon coeur à l'étroit

first published 2007 Gallimard, 2008 paperback 384 pages

"There 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 riche...

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Editions we hold

My heart hemmed in edition · 2017 · Two Lines Press · 279 pages · 9781931883627
My heart hemmed in edition · 2017 · Two Lines Press · 9781931883634
Moje zarobljeno srce hardcover · 2013 · Algoritam · 239 pages · 9789533166209
Mitt instängda hjärta hardcover · 2012 · Natur & Kultur · 246 pages · 9789127132573
Mein Herz in der Enge hardcover · 2011 · Suhrkamp Verlag · 285 pages · 9783518224649
Coração Apertado paperback · 2010 · Cosac Naify · 272 pages · 9788575038833
Mein Herz in der Enge hardcover · 2008 · Suhrkamp · 9783518420164
Mon cœur à l'étroit paperback · 2008 · Gallimard · 384 pages · 9782070357451
Mon coeur à l'étroit edition · 2007 · Gallimard · 298 pages · 9782070774579

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