Without Mercy
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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 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
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0670031887
ISBN13:9780670031887
Release Date:July 2003
Publisher:Viking Books
Length:223 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 8.6"
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Lives shattered by a murder within the family
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Renate Dorrestein, author of A Heart of Stone, relates the sad tale of a "perfect marriage" ripped asunder when the teenage son is murdered. Although the story is situated within the confines of one single weekend, use of flashback orients readers to the causes of the love and guilt and recrimination that surface. Heartbreaking, yet sometimes funny.
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