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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A visceral and stirring novel exploring free will, memory, faith, and constructions of reality and the self, following a woman faced with the question of whether her marriage is abusive, and the life-altering decision of ending itWhen we meet Vera, her body and mind are on a precipice. Shes just left her marital home to live with her father after her husbands violent outbursts reach a breaking point. Shes experiencing sudden losses of consciousness, spells of insomnia and difficulty eating. Over the course of the year that follows, she reignites a high school romance, looks to her divorced parents for guidance, attempts couples therapy, struggles to mother two young daughters, develops a brief cocaine dependency, and tries to rekindle her artistic practiceall while questioning, in Halaszs immediate, intimate prose, the infinite number of choices that led her to this difficult moment. Towards the end of the novel, we follow Vera into a surreal funhouse mirror of a courtroom scene, equally comical and horrifying, where she must confront the many conflicting narratives of her marriage and separation and decide which one rings true. With the emotional precision and formal elegance reminiscent of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante, Halasz offers a meditation on agency, subjectivity, motherhood, and the artistic vocation with an ultimately optimistic conclusion: life consists of forward movement, in which the biggest challengeand privilegeis choice."Halaszs terse and unsparing syntax mirrors her protagonists disorientation, splicing together different conversations and memories in the span of a paragraph, sometimes even a single sentence . . . Its a testament to both Halaszs and Herberts narrative talents that even when Veras mind tips over a precipice, the reader is still able to parse her spiraling consciousness . . . Remarkable." Jane Hu, The New York Times Book Review Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A visceral and stirring novel exploring free will, memory, faith, and constructions of reality and the self, following a woman faced with the question of whether her marriage is abusive, and the life-altering decision of ending itWhen we meet Vera, her body and mind are on a precipice. Shes just left her marital home to live with her father after her husbands violent outbursts reach a breaking point. Shes experiencing sudden losses of consciousness, spells of insomnia and difficulty eating. Over the course of the year that follows, she reignites a high school romance, looks to her divorced parents for guidance, attempts couples therapy, struggles to mother two young daughters, develops a brief cocaine dependency, and tries to rekindle her artistic practiceall while questioning, in Halaszs immediate, intimate prose, the infinite number of choices that led her to this difficult moment. Towards the end of the novel, we follow Vera into a surreal funhouse mirror of a courtroom scene, equally comical and horrifying, where she must confront the many conflicting narratives of her marriage and separation and decide which one rings true. With the emotional precision and formal elegance reminiscent of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante, Halasz offers a meditation on agency, subjectivity, motherhood, and the artistic vocation with an ultimately optimistic conclusion: life consists of forward movement, in which the biggest challengeand privilegeis choice."Halaszs terse and unsparing syntax mirrors her protagonists disorientation, splicing together different conversations and memories in the span of a paragraph, sometimes even a single sentence . . . Its a testament to both Halaszs and Herberts narrative talents that even when Veras mind tips over a precipice, the reader is still able to parse her spiraling consciousness . . . Remarkable." Jane Hu, The New York Times Book Review Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Vera abandona a su marido, se lleva a sus dos hijas y regresa a casa de su padre, en una Budapest inmóvil bajo la nieve. Mientras intenta sostener lo básico, se impone algo más difícil: poner nombre a lo ocurrido. ¿Ha sido violencia o está exagerando? ¿Dónde empieza el daño y por qué cuesta tanto nombrarlo? Rita Halász traza el retrato de una mujer al límite, atrapada entre la inercia y la posibilidad de decidir. Una novela incómoda y precisa sobre la negación, la culpa y el miedo a romper definitivamente. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla.…

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Condition: Nuevo. COLECCIÓN: UNICA UNICA - ABUSO Y ACOSO SEXUAL | BIENESTAR SOCIAL Y SERVICIOS SOCIALES | COMUNIDADES URBANAS | CUESTIONES Y PROCESOS SOCIALES | DROGAS Y ABUSO DE SUSTANCIAS TOXICAS: ASPECTOS SOC | FICCION MODERNA Y CONTEMPORANEA | VIOLENCIA DOMESTICA.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A visceral and stirring novel exploring free will, memory, faith, and constructions of reality and the self, following a woman faced with the question of whether her marriage is abusive, and the life-altering decision of ending itWhen we meet Vera, her body and mind are on a precipice. Shes just left her marital home to live with her father after her husbands violent outbursts reach a breaking point. Shes experiencing sudden losses of consciousness, spells of insomnia and difficulty eating. Over the course of the year that follows, she reignites a high school romance, looks to her divorced parents for guidance, attempts couples therapy, struggles to mother two young daughters, develops a brief cocaine dependency, and tries to rekindle her artistic practiceall while questioning, in Halaszs immediate, intimate prose, the infinite number of choices that led her to this difficult moment. Towards the end of the novel, we follow Vera into a surreal funhouse mirror of a courtroom scene, equally comical and horrifying, where she must confront the many conflicting narratives of her marriage and separation and decide which one rings true. With the emotional precision and formal elegance reminiscent of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante, Halasz offers a meditation on agency, subjectivity, motherhood, and the artistic vocation with an ultimately optimistic conclusion: life consists of forward movement, in which the biggest challengeand privilegeis choice."Halaszs terse and unsparing syntax mirrors her protagonists disorientation, splicing together different conversations and memories in the span of a paragraph, sometimes even a single sentence . . . Its a testament to both Halaszs and Herberts narrative talents that even when Veras mind tips over a precipice, the reader is still able to parse her spiraling consciousness . . . Remarkable." Jane Hu, The New York Times Book Review Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A visceral and stirring novel exploring free will, memory, faith, and constructions of reality and the self, following a woman faced with the question of whether her marriage is abusive, and the life-altering decision of ending itWhen we meet Vera, her body and mind are on a precipice. Shes just left her marital home to live with her father after her husbands violent outbursts reach a breaking point. Shes experiencing sudden losses of consciousness, spells of insomnia and difficulty eating. Over the course of the year that follows, she reignites a high school romance, looks to her divorced parents for guidance, attempts couples therapy, struggles to mother two young daughters, develops a brief cocaine dependency, and tries to rekindle her artistic practiceall while questioning, in Halaszs immediate, intimate prose, the infinite number of choices that led her to this difficult moment. Towards the end of the novel, we follow Vera into a surreal funhouse mirror of a courtroom scene, equally comical and horrifying, where she must confront the many conflicting narratives of her marriage and separation and decide which one rings true. With the emotional precision and formal elegance reminiscent of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante, Halasz offers a meditation on agency, subjectivity, motherhood, and the artistic vocation with an ultimately optimistic conclusion: life consists of forward movement, in which the biggest challengeand privilegeis choice."Halaszs terse and unsparing syntax mirrors her protagonists disorientation, splicing together different conversations and memories in the span of a paragraph, sometimes even a single sentence . . . Its a testament to both Halaszs and Herberts narrative talents that even when Veras mind tips over a precipice, the reader is still able to parse her spiraling consciousness . . . Remarkable." Jane Hu, The New York Times Book Review Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A visceral and stirring novel exploring free will, memory, faith, and constructions of reality and the self, following a woman faced with the question of whether her marriage is abusive, and the life-altering decision of ending itWhen we meet Vera, her body and mind are on a precipice. Shes just left her marital home to live with her father after her husbands violent outbursts reach a breaking point. Shes experiencing sudden losses of consciousness, spells of insomnia and difficulty eating. Over the course of the year that follows, she reignites a high school romance, looks to her divorced parents for guidance, attempts couples therapy, struggles to mother two young daughters, develops a brief cocaine dependency, and tries to rekindle her artistic practiceall while questioning, in Halaszs immediate, intimate prose, the infinite number of choices that led her to this difficult moment. Towards the end of the novel, we follow Vera into a surreal funhouse mirror of a courtroom scene, equally comical and horrifying, where she must confront the many conflicting narratives of her marriage and separation and decide which one rings true. With the emotional precision and formal elegance reminiscent of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante, Halasz offers a meditation on agency, subjectivity, motherhood, and the artistic vocation with an ultimately optimistic conclusion: life consists of forward movement, in which the biggest challengeand privilegeis choice."Halaszs terse and unsparing syntax mirrors her protagonists disorientation, splicing together different conversations and memories in the span of a paragraph, sometimes even a single sentence . . . Its a testament to both Halaszs and Herberts narrative talents that even when Veras mind tips over a precipice, the reader is still able to parse her spiraling consciousness . . . Remarkable." Jane Hu, The New York Times Book Review Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A visceral and stirring novel exploring free will, memory, faith, and constructions of reality and the self, following a woman faced with the question of whether her marriage is abusive, and the life-altering decision of ending itWhen we meet Vera, her body and mind are on a precipice. She's just left her marital home to live with her father after her husband's violent outbursts reach a breaking point. She's experiencing sudden losses of consciousness, spells of insomnia and difficulty eating. Over the course of the year that follows, she reignites a high school romance, looks to her divorced parents for guidance, attempts couples therapy, struggles to mother two young daughters, develops a brief cocaine dependency, and tries to rekindle her artistic practiceall while questioning, in Halász's immediate, intimate prose, the infinite number of choices that led her to this difficult moment. Towards the end of the novel, we follow Vera into a surreal funhouse mirror of a courtroom scene, equally comical and horrifying, where she must confront the many conflicting narratives of her marriage and separation and decide which one rings true. With the emotional precision and formal elegance reminiscent of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante, Halász offers a meditation on agency, subjectivity, motherhood, and the artistic vocation with an ultimately optimistic conclusion: life consists of forward movement, in which the biggest challengeand privilegeis choice.'Halász's terse and unsparing syntax mirrors her protagonist's disorientation, splicing together different conversations and memories in the span of a paragraph, sometimes even a single sentence . . . It's a testament to both Halász's and Herbert's narrative talents that even when Vera's mind tips over a precipice, the reader is still able to parse her spiraling consciousness . . . Remarkable.' Jane Hu, The New York Times Book Review.…

Hardback. Condition: New.