{"product_id":"vengeance-is-mine-paperback-2","title":"Vengeance Is Mine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Ndiaye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eFrom the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThree Strong Women\u003c\/i\u003e comes a thrilling novel about a triple homicide that dredges up unsettling memories from a lawyer's childhood. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, TIME, The Washington Post, The Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003eCrimeReads, and Words Without Borders \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[NDiaye] is a master at agitating, probing and upending expectations.\" --Lovia Gyarkye, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You won't be able to put it down.\u003ci\u003e\" --Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe heroine of Marie NDiaye's new novel is Ma?tre Susane, a quiet middle-aged lawyer living a modest existence in Bordeaux, known to all as a consummate and unflappable professional. But when Gilles Principaux shows up at her office asking her to defend his wife, who is accused of a horrific crime, Ma?tre Susane begins to crack. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe seems to remember having been alone with him in her youth for a significant event, one her mind obsesses over but can't quite reconstruct. Who is this Gilles Principaux? And why would he come to her, a run-of-the-mill lawyer, for such an important trial? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile this mystery preoccupies Ma?tre Susane, at home she is increasingly concerned about Sharon, her faithful but peculiar housekeeper. Sharon arrived from Mauritius with her husband and children, and she lacks legal residency in France. But while Ma?tre Susane has generously offered Sharon her professional services, the housekeeper always finds ways to evade her, claiming the marriage certificate Ma?tre Susane requires is being held hostage. Is Sharon being honest with Ma?tre Susane, or is something more sinister going on? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in a slow seethe recalling the short novels of Elena Ferrante and the psychological richness of Patricia Highsmith's work, \u003ci\u003eVengeance Is Mine \u003c\/i\u003eis a dreamlike portrait of a woman afflicted by failing memories and a tortured uncertainty about her own past that threatens to become her undoing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARIE NDIAYE was born in Pithiviers, France. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRosie Carpe, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Prix Femina, and of \u003ci\u003eThree Strong Women, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Prix Goncourt. She is also the recipient of the Gold Medal in the Arts from the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts. She lives in Paris.\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Jordan Stump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700784795711,"sku":"9780593467381","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/82cc635db920851c753fc79dcf788559.webp?v=1765018163","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/vengeance-is-mine-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}