{"product_id":"9781529953527-killing-stella","title":"Killing Stella","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaustrophobic and shattering, this is the story of one ordinary woman unable to save a teenager in her care. It is the story of Stella.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStella is a friend's nineteen-year-old daughter who has come to live with Anna and her family. Unloved and neglected, Stella's presence disturbs the already tense and tumultuous household. She lodges uncomfortably in their lives, whilst Anna struggles to bring warmth and welcome to the home. Her son continues to be gloomy and her daughter oblivious. Meanwhile Richard, Anna's adulterous husband, pretends not to notice Stella at all…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarlen Haushofer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, is the undisputed mistress of sustained dread and this gripping short novel deserves to be rediscovered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED BY SHAUN WHITESIDE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This potent 1958 novella from Austrian writer Haushofer takes the form of a mother’s agitated confession. This one hits hard' \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chillingly unillusioned. A fable about the habitual moral inertia of educated people' \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Haushofer is a rather terrifying writer… \u003ci\u003eKilling Stella\u003c\/i\u003e limns a world of guilty secrets and repressions’ \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55893350089078,"sku":"9781529953527","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37708406_4bf1c616-deee-4c23-98a1-daa2b535db7a.jpg?v=1762421162","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529953527-killing-stella","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}