Her Body Knows Two Novellas [Paperback]

ANew York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice

A fevered storyteller and a captive audience revisit the past in both of David Grossman's novellas, trying to make sense of a betrayal that neither one can put to rest. InFrenzy,a reserved and respectable man draws his sister-in-law into a paranoid conviction---that his wife is having an affair. In the title novella, a successful but embittered novelist delivers a merciless account of her dying mother's love affair with a much younger teenage boy. Suffused with delirious tension and characters more substantial than in most novels twice its size (The Village Voice),Her Body Knowsis a disquieting journey into the nature of infidelity and desire.

Grossman's description is deeply erotic, bristling with physical detail. His sentences are dizzying, intoxicating, and Jessica Cohen's translation captures their intricate intensity. . . . He writes of marriage and desire, jealousy and motherhood, loyalty and betrayal, and all the while he is mapping an entire country's anxieties and longings. Tova Mirvis, The New York Times Book Review

Intense and engaging . . . vastly compelling . . . Grossman's work is graced with dynamic, flawed, and utterly believable characters and masterful internal and external dialogues. Deeply moving and beautifully written, this book is highly recommended. Library Journal

Grossman is a talented writer---elegant, even luxurious. . . . His writing is achingly sensual, the humor sly . . . the language is always lush and generous. . . .Her Body Knowsshould win him a wider audience. The Washington Post

Grossman effects a psychological intensity that leaves one breathless. The Miami Herald

Riveting and heart wrenching . . . reverberate[s] long after the final word has been read. O, The Oprah Magazine

So powerful is Grossman's storytelling, that it takes the reader's breath awlãÂ