Homesick for another world
Moshfegh, Ottessa2017
Book
There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous while also being delightful - and often even weirdly hilarious. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet; all yearning for connection and betterment, in very different ways, but each of them seems destined to be tripped up by their own baser impulses. What makes these stories so moving is the emotional balance that Moshfegh achieves - the way she exposes the limitless range of self-deception that human beings can employ while, at the same time, infusing the grotesque and outrageous with tenderness and compassion.
Main title:
Homesick for another world / Ottessa Moshfegh.
Author:
Moshfegh, Ottessa, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2017.
Collation:
304 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780224101349 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
2410144