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No novel I know is better at rendering a mind from the inside at the exact moment its walls fail. It doesn't explain her collapse; it makes you live a summer inside it, down to the door that will not open.
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6 authors picked The Days of Abandonment as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
From the New York Times–bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, this novel of a deserted wife’s descent into despair―and rage―is “a masterpiece” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman’s experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even…
