Heartsnatcher

Set in a bizarre and slightly sinister town where the elderly are auctioned off at an Old Folks Fair, the townspeople assail the priest in hopes of making it rain, and the official town scapegoat bears the shame of the citizens by fishing junk out of the river with his teeth. Heartsnatcher is Boris Vian's most playful and most serious work. The main character is Clementine, a mother who punishes her husband for causing her the excruciating pain of giving birth to three babies. As they age, she becomes increasingly obsessed with protecting them, going so far as to build an invisible wall around their property.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 10/03/2003
ISBN: 9781564782991
Pages: 245
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.54w x 0.76d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2003 pg. 1200
Publishers Weekly 10/06/2003 pg. 61
Booklist 10/01/2003 pg. 301
Library Journal 05/01/2004 pg. 146