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My Phantom Husband

By Marie Darrieussecq, Esther Allen (Translator)

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| Hardcover | 9781565845381

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An astonishing work of fiction from France's "best young novelist" (The New Yorker), the internally acclaimed author of "Pig Tales." The premise is simple: the narrator's husband leaves to buy a loaf of bread and never returns. Like the classics By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept and Dear Continue

An astonishing work of fiction from France's "best young novelist" (The New Yorker), the internally acclaimed author of "Pig Tales." The premise is simple: the narrator's husband leaves to buy a loaf of bread and never returns. Like the classics By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept and Dear Diego, Marie Darrieussecq's My Phantom Husband chronicles a woman's poignant descent into madness brought on by the loss of a great love. Combining a poet's exquisite metaphors with a painter's mesmerizing visions, Darrieussecq astounds readers with her exceptional imagination and stylistic genius. Surreal yet universal in its understanding of grief, this haunting novel reminds us why the New York Times hailed this young author as "fascinating and original."

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  • Letting out the Inner Pig

    Marie Darrieussecq’s first novel, Pig Tales, is the comic, sexual and cheery self-description of a ‘masseuse’ who gradually turns into a pig. [*] Fantastical metamorphosis mixes with grotty Parisian reality, giving rise to a Mad Max future of ruined ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 154 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1565845382
  • ISBN-13: 9781565845381
  • Publisher: New Press
  • Pub date: May 01, 1999
  • Dimensions: 190 mm x 130 mm x 20 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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