There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel.Īnd for good reason. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. 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. Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. She’s brilliant, this young woman."-David Sedaris Simultaneously, I’m shocked and scandalized. "I can’t recall the last time I laughed this hard at a book. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017Īn electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time
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