The Resource Homesick for another world, Ottessa Moshfegh
Homesick for another world, Ottessa Moshfegh
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The item Homesick for another world, Ottessa Moshfegh represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Homesick for another world, Ottessa Moshfegh represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Contents
-
- Beach boy
- Nothing ever happens here
- Dancing in the moonlight
- Surrogate
- Locked room
- Better place
- Bettering myself
- Mr. Wu
- Malibu
- Weirdos
- Dark and winding road
- No place for good people
- Slumming
- Honest woman
- Isbn
- 9780399562884
- Label
- Homesick for another world
- Title
- Homesick for another world
- Statement of responsibility
- Ottessa Moshfegh
- Title variation
- stories
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moshfegh, Ottessa
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3613.O77936
- LC item number
- A6 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American fiction
- Short stories, American
- Psychological fiction, American
- American fiction
- FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Psychological
- Label
- Homesick for another world, Ottessa Moshfegh
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Beach boy
- Nothing ever happens here
- Dancing in the moonlight
- Surrogate
- Locked room
- Better place
- Bettering myself
- Mr. Wu
- Malibu
- Weirdos
- Dark and winding road
- No place for good people
- Slumming
- Honest woman
- Control code
- 1683743
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399562884
- Lccn
- 2016037523
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1683743
- (OCoLC)957645681
- Label
- Homesick for another world, Ottessa Moshfegh
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Beach boy
- Nothing ever happens here
- Dancing in the moonlight
- Surrogate
- Locked room
- Better place
- Bettering myself
- Mr. Wu
- Malibu
- Weirdos
- Dark and winding road
- No place for good people
- Slumming
- Honest woman
- Control code
- 1683743
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399562884
- Lccn
- 2016037523
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1683743
- (OCoLC)957645681
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