The Nursery (Molnar Szilvia)(Pevná vazba)

A debut novel from a remarkable new talent, a visceral portrait of a woman struggling with post-partum depression, feeling isolated from her husband and the world at large, and embracing her role as a mother. Striking and emotive, The Nursery details a new mother's spiraling descent into a state of complete disaffection. Following the birth of her baby, "Button," she has a difficult time identifying with her post-pregnancy body, Button "itself," and finding comfort in her relationships--with the exception of her elderly upstairs neighbor, whom she strikes up a tentative friendship with. Plagued by intrusive thoughts and paranoia, she withers in the self-imposed prison of her apartment and struggles to re-establish her sense of self, feeling as though she has swapped her profession as a translator and her personal agency to become an automated 'milk bar.' Gradual
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