A review by jimmylorunning
My Heart Hemmed in by Marie NDiaye

4.0

Amazing book, very different from [b:Ladivine|26025503|Ladivine|Marie NDiaye|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1452099110l/26025503._SX50_.jpg|24338602]. A sort of allegory where what's being allegorized could be many different things. It's powerful enough that it's not just an allegory though, there's something universal in here, primal. What impressed me most was how realistic the emotional world of each character was, even while the manifestations of that in the book's physical world were often surreal and strange. And because we are reading from Nadia's perspective, we don't figure out many of these character's motivations until later. Much is hidden from us that slowly gets revealed. And as it's revealed, the world that is portrayed becomes much more relatable, even understandable along some strange logic.