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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Moshfegh, Ottessa, author.     Subjects     American fiction -- 21st century.     Short stories, American.     Psychological fiction, American.     American fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Moshfegh, Ottessa, author.       by title:      Homesick for another...         MARC Display

Homesick for another world / Ottessa Moshfegh. by Moshfegh, Ottessa, author. New York : Penguin Press, c2017. Subjects American fiction -- 21st century.   Short stories, American.   Psychological fiction, American.   American fiction. ISBN:  9780399562884 0399562885 Description:  294 pages ; 22 cm Contents:  Bettering myself -- Mr. Wu -- Malibu -- The weirdos -- A dark and winding road -- No place for good people -- Slumming -- An honest woman -- The beach boy -- Nothing ever happens here -- Dancing in the moonlight -- The surrogate -- The locked room -- A better place. Requests:  2 Summary:  "An electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time. Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel. And for good reason. There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another; they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities. Homesick for another world is a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition. But part of the unique quality of her voice, the echt Moshfeghian experience, is the way the grotesque and the outrageous are infused with tenderness and compassion. Moshfegh is our Flannery O'Connor, and Homesick for another world is her Everything that rises must convergeor a good man is hard to find. The flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful. But beauty comes from strange sources. And the dark energy surging through these stories is powerfully invigorating. We're in the hands of an author with a big mind, a big heart, blazing chops, and a political acuity that is needle-sharp. The needle hits the vein before we even feel the prick"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Adult Fiction Moshfegh Checked out 06/14/2024 Add Copy to MyList Molokai Public Library Adult Fiction Moshfegh Transit Request   Add Copy to MyList

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