The Dry Heart

Copyright

Copyright © 1947, 1974, 2001, 2010 & 2018 by Giulio Einaudi Editore SpA, Torino

Translation copyright © 1952 by the Hogarth Press Ltd.

All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, maga­zine, radio, television, or website review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.

Originally published in Italian as È stato cosi. Published by arrangement with the Estate of Natalia Ginzburg and Giulio Einaudi Editore SpA

Manufactured in the United States of America

New Directions Books are printed on acid-free paper

First published as a New Directions Paperbook (NDP1448) in 2019

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ginzburg, Natalia, author. | Frenaye, Frances, 1908–1996, translator.

Title: The dry heart / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated by Frances Frenaye.

Other titles: È stato cosi. English

Description: New York : New Directions, 2019. | “A New Directions Book.” | English translation originally published by The Hogarth Press Ltd. in 1952.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019004340 | ISBN 9780811228787 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Marriage—Fiction. | Parricide—Fiction. | Murder—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PQ4817.I5 E213 2019 | DDC 853/.912—dc23

eISBN: 9780811228794

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