Homesick for another world / Ottessa Moshfegh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moshfegh, Ottessa, author.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--21st century.

American fiction.

Short stories, American.

Psychological fiction, American.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Short stories.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Subtitle from dust jacket : stories

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2017.

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 Converge or 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Bettering myself

Mr. Wu

Malibu

Weirdos

Dark and winding road

No place for good people

Slumming

Honest woman

Beach boy

Nothing ever happens here

Dancing in the moonlight

Surrogate

Locked room

Better place.

Other Format:

Online version: Moshfegh, Ottessa, author. Homesick for another world

ISBN:

9780399562884

0399562885

OCLC:

957645681