Description
A schoolteacher in Bordeaux, Nadia lives a carefully ordered life alongside her husband, Ange, believing their shared devotion to teaching will bring steady, authentic happiness. Then an inexplicable hostility spreads through the classroom—students avoid them, silence them, and seem to fear their very presence—turning everyday routines into a tightening trap. As Nadia tries to make sense of the “vengeance” gathering around her, the novel explores how authority, perception, and belonging can be quietly weaponized. With Marie NDiaye’s incisive, unsettling style, this story moves like a psychological investigation—probing the boundaries between innocence and threat, and the fragile ways love and work can be hemmed in by forces no one can name.
Available Editions
paperback
Two Lines Press
Published Jan 1, 2017
279 pages
ISBN: 9781931883627
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Details
First Published
2017
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for My Heart Hemmed In by Marie NDiaye.