"My Year of Rest and Relaxation" von Ottessa Moshfegh ist ein Roman, der das Leben einer jungen Frau in New York City um die Jahrtausendwende beschreibt. Die Protagonistin, deren Name nie genannt wird, scheint äußerlich alles zu haben –...

Es riecht nach Kot und Verwesung, nach Blut, Vieh und Schlamm - das ist Lapvona, der gottverlassenste Ort der Romanwelt. Hier ist niemand vom Glück begünstigt, am wenigsten Marek, der missgestaltete Sohn des Schafhirten. Doch sein Elend...

Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and chosen by David Sedaris as his recommended book for his Fall 2016 tour. So here we are. My name was Eileen Dunlop. Now you know me. I was twenty-four years old then, and had a job that paid...

„My Year of Rest and Relaxation“ von Ottessa Moshfegh ist ein Roman, der die Geschichte einer jungen Frau erzählt, die sich entschließt, ein Jahr lang in einen selbst auferlegten Winterschlaf zu verfallen. Die Protagonistin lebt im New...

Ottessa Moshfegh has written four previous books: McGlue (2014); Eileen, which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation...

"Homesick for Another World: Stories" ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten der Autorin Ottessa Moshfegh, die 2017 veröffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichten erkunden die Abgründe des menschlichen Daseins und zeichnen ein düsteres, oft...

On her daily walk with her dog, Vesta comes across a note about a murdered girl, causing her imagination to run riot. Combines elements of horror, suspense and comedy. From the Booker-shortlisted author of "Eileen". von Moshfegh, Ottessa

"[An] intricate and unsettling new novel . . . Death in Her Hands is not a murder mystery, nor is it really a story about self-deception or the perils of escapism. Rather, it's a haunting meditation on the nature and meaning of...

Entertainment Weekly's #1 Book of 2018"One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and...

"[An] intricate and unsettling new novel . . . Death in Her Hands is not a murder mystery, nor is it really a story about self-deception or the perils of escapism. Rather, it's a haunting meditation on the nature and meaning of...

Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and chosen by David Sedaris as his recommended book for his Fall 2016 tour. So here we are. My name was Eileen Dunlop. Now you know me. I was twenty-four years old then, and had a job that paid...

'This is a story about what might happen when a woman takes charge... A glorious visceral mystery' The TimesWhile on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home, Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note. Her name was...