Ottessa Moshfegh

Homesick for Another World

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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…
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  • madelinehas quoted2 years ago
    The boyfriend came and went on weekends. Together we drank wine and whiskey, romantic things I liked.
  • madelinehas quoted2 years ago
    But he was one of those idiots about cigarettes.
    “How can you smoke like that?” he’d say. “Your mouth tastes like Canadian bacon.”
  • Táliahas quoted3 years ago
    I was broke, and I was a nobody, but I was happy.

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