Deep breath : a novel / Rita Halász ; translated from the Hungarian by Kris Herbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halász, Rita, 1980-

Contributor:

Herbert, Kristin, 1968- translator.

Standardized Title:

Mély levegő. English

Language:

English

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Married people--Fiction.

Married people.

Abused wives--Fiction.

Abused wives.

Intimate partner violence--Fiction.

Intimate partner violence.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Marital conflict--Fiction.

Marital conflict.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Choice (Psychology)--Fiction.

Choice (Psychology).

Budapest (Hungary)--Fiction.

Budapest (Hungary).

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

206 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Catapult edition

Place of Publication:

New York : Catapult, 2025

Summary:

"Vera's body and mind are on a precipice. She's just left her marital home with her two young daughters to live with her father after her husband's violent outbursts reached a breaking point. She's experiencing sudden losses of consciousness, spells of insomnia, and difficulty eating. Over the course of the year that follows, she reignites a high school romance, looks to her divorced parents for guidance, attempts couples therapy, struggles to be a good mother, develops a brief cocaine dependency, and tries to rekindle her artistic practice. All the while, she confronts the conflicting narratives of her marriage and separation, questions the infinite number of choices that led her to this moment, and dreads the one she has to make now: repair her marriage or start a new life and learn how to breathe again."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Margó Prize, 2021

ISBN:

9781646222681

1646222687

OCLC:

1521822149