Without Mercy |
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Author:
| Dorrestein, Renate |
Translator:
| Velmans, Hester |
ISBN: | 978-0-670-03188-7 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2003 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Viking Adult |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Renate Dorrestein has been called the Dutch Iris Murdoch-with an extra leavening of wit. In Without Mercyshe reenters the edgy, chilling, domestic territory that in A Heart of Stone won her an instant American following. Richly layered and compelling, it is a heartbreaking, strangely funny, tense drama of past and present, reality and imagination, love and guilt-all within the nutshell of one country weekend meant to mend a fraying relationship. "Perfect" was the word for Phinus and...
More DescriptionRenate Dorrestein has been called the Dutch Iris Murdoch-with an extra leavening of wit. In Without Mercyshe reenters the edgy, chilling, domestic territory that in A Heart of Stone won her an instant American following. Richly layered and compelling, it is a heartbreaking, strangely funny, tense drama of past and present, reality and imagination, love and guilt-all within the nutshell of one country weekend meant to mend a fraying relationship. "Perfect" was the word for Phinus and Franka Vermeer's marriage and for their image of their teenage son, Jem. But in the wake of his senseless murder, grief drives a wedge between them. Franka wants to keep Jem's memory fresh and cannot sleep for trying to. Phinus refuses to talk about it, combating sorrow and secret shame with thoughts of revenge. Rethinking and reimagining, they become ever more entangled in the secrets they keep from one another. Without Mercyis at once a suspenseful entertainment and a modern tragedy that lingers in the mind long after the book is closed