Ottessa Moshfegh

Welcome to Lapvona. In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself at the centre of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test . . . Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of TikTok sensation My Year of Rest and Relaxation.'One of the most provocative reads of the year'i NEWSPAPER'Disturbingly funny'OBSERVER, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'An addictive read . . . with a chequered cast of misfits, despots and unholy souls'THE FACE'One of America's most exciting - and most provocative - young novelists'FINANCIAL TIMES'Lapvona deserves all the hype it's received and more'i-D'Brace yourselves'STYLIST

Un bestseller instant neo del New York Times Uno de los libros m s esperados del a o seg n The Guardian, The Times y Harper's Bazaar, entre otros, por la autora del fen meno Mi a o de descanso y relajaci n, ganadora de los premios PEN/Hemingway, Pushcart y O. Henry En la aldea medieval de Lapvona, el peque o Marek vive en la m s absoluta pobreza con su padre Jude, viudo, devoto y agresivo. Cojo, con la cara deforme y una concepci n distorsionada de la realidad, Marek solo halla consuelo en su temor de Dios y en sus visitas a Ina, una anciana con saberes ocultos que vive alejada del mundo. Cuando una muerte violenta lo sit a en el epicentro de la vida palaciega, Marek pasa a convertirse en un aut ntico arist crata dentro de la corte del corrupto y ensimismado se or feudal que gobierna Lapvona. Sin embargo, su nuevo estatus se ver amenazado por la llegada de una misteriosa mujer embarazada, de rasgos sospechosamente similares a los suyos. Moshfegh hace brillar como nunca el candoroso sadismo que ya es su se a de identidad en este «cuento de hadas para la edad moderna (Virginia Feito), una hipn tica historia donde se funden brujer a, superstici n y crudeza, que pone de manifiesto su «brillante intelecto y mente insaciable (The New York Times). ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An Instant New York Times Bestseller "Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love should be or a negotiation where grief should be... Through a mix of witchery, deception, murder, abuse, grand delusion, ludicrous conversations, and cringeworthy moments of bodily disgust, Moshfegh creates a world that you definitely don't want to live in, but from which you can't look away." --The Atlantic In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh's most exciting leap yet Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life's few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby, as she did so many of the village's children. Ina's gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world. Her gift often brings her the transmission of sacred knowledge on levels far beyond those available to other villagers, however religious they might be. For some people, Ina's home in the woods outside of the village is a place to fear and to avoid, a godless place. Among their number is Father Barnabas, the town priest and lackey for the depraved lord and governor, Villiam, whose hilltop manor contains a secret embarrassment of riches. The people's desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by Villiam and the priest, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord's family, new and occult forces upset the old order. By year's end, the veil between blindness and sight, life and death, the natural world and the spirit world, will prove to be very thin indeed.

'When I'd slept enough, I'd be okay. I'd be renewed, reborn.' This is the story of a woman with no name. Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. Yet she longs to lose herself completely. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a savagely funny novel of a woman looking out from the abyss. Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by: The Washington Post, Vogue, Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, New York Magazine, Paste Magazine, LitHub, E News Online, and many more From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds an ominous note on a walk in the woods. While on her daily walk with her dog in a secluded woods, a woman comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground by stones. "Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body." But there is no dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area, alone after the death of her husband, and she knows no one. Becoming obsessed with solving this mystery, our narrator imagines who Magda was and how she met her fate. With very little to go on, she invents a list of murder suspects and possible motives for the crime. Oddly, her suppositions begin to find correspondences in the real world, and with mounting excitement and dread, the fog of mystery starts to fade into menacing certainty. As her investigation widens, strange dissonances accrue, perhaps associated with the darkness in her own past; we must face the prospect that there is either an innocent explanation for all this or a much more sinister one. A triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, Death in Her Hands asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both reflect the truth and keep us blind to it. Once again, we are in the hands of a narrator whose unreliability is well earned, and the stakes have never been higher.

While on her daily walk with her dog in the nearby woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with stones. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Shaky even on her best days, she is also alone, and new to this area, having moved here from her long-time home after the death of her husband, and now deeply alarmed. Her brooding about the note grows quickly into a full-blown obsession, as she explores multiple theories about who Magda was and how she met her fate. Her suppositions begin to find echoes in the real world, and the fog of mystery starts to form into a concrete and menacing shape. But is there either a more innocent explanation for all this, or a much more sinister one - one that strikes closer to home? In this triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, we must decide whether the stories we tell ourselves guide us closer to the truth or keep us further from it.

From the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense While on her daily walk with her dog in the nearby woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with stones. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Shaky even on her best days, she is also alone, and new to this area, having moved here from her long-time home after the death of her husband, and now deeply alarmed. Her brooding about the note grows quickly into a full-blown obsession, as she explores multiple theories about who Magda was and how she met her fate. Her suppositions begin to find echoes in the real world, and the fog of mystery starts to form into a concrete and menacing shape. But is there either a more innocent explanation for all this, or a much more sinister one - one that strikes closer to home? In this triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, we must decide whether the stories we tell ourselves guide us closer to the truth or keep us further from it. **AN EVENING STANDARD BEST BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2020**

Vald till en av årets bästa böcker av New York Times »Gnistrande litteratur. Som få andra lyckas Ottessa Moshfegh skildra livet som en trång och smutsig bur, och samtidigt få mig att frusta av skratt.« Johanna Frid, DN»Som en modern Glaskupan. Här finns svärta men också kvickhet och underfundighet. Det krävs en väldig finess för att skriva så.« Lina Bengtsdotter, författare»Ottessa Moshfegh är utan jämförelse den mest intressanta samtida amerikanska författaren.« The New YorkerHon har allt. Hon är ung, snygg, smal, hon är nyutexaminerad från Columbia, lever på ett stort arv och har en lägenhet på Manhattan. I New York år 2000 står den moderna världen på sin absoluta topp, allt är tillgängligt, och det gäller att utnyttja dygnets timmar till max. Att sova, i stället för att arbeta eller njuta, betraktas som svaghet. Men samtidigt skrivs sömntabletter ut som godis. Då bestämmer hon sig - efter att ha fått sparken för sina timslånga tupplurar på jobbet - för att sova bort ett helt år. Kanske är kemisk dvala den enda utvägen ur en speedad samtid? En sak är säker: hennes psykiatriker hjälper gärna till. Ett år av vila och avkoppling är en skruvad sedeskildring, en undersökning av dygd och och moral i en tid när allt är tillåtet men ingen frihet finns. OTTESSA MOSHFEGH är en amerikansk författare från New England. Hennes första roman, Eileen, hyllades unisont i pressen, vann en PEN Hemingway Award i kategorin »Bästa debutroman« och nominerades till både Man Booker Prize och National Book Critics Circle Award. Ett år av vila & avkoppling [My Year of Rest & Relaxation, 2018] Ottessa Moshfeghs senaste roman - valdes till en av årets bästa böcker av New York Times. »En av de bästa böcker jag läst i år.« Sandra Beijer »Ottessa Moshfegs lysande prosa når nya höjder.« New York Times Book Review »Ett illasinnat, varmhjärtat mästerverk.« The New York Post

Hun har alt. Hun er ung, flot, slank, hun er nyuddannet fra Columbia, lever af en stor arv og har en lejlighed på Manhattan. I New York år 2000 er den moderne verden på sit absolut højeste, alt er tilgængeligt, og døgnets timer skal udnyttes maksimalt. At sove, i stedet for at arbejde eller nyde, betragtes som en svaghed. Men samtidig udskrives sovepiller, som var det slik. Hun beslutter – efter at være blevet fyret for sine time-lange lure på arbejdet – at sove i et år. Måske er en kemisk dvaletilstand den eneste vej ud af en speedet samtid? En ting er sikkert: Hendes psykiater hjælper gerne. Mit år med ro og hvile er en forvrænget sædeskildring, en undersøgelse af dyd og moral på et tidspunkt, hvor alt er tilladt, men der ingen frihed er. Denne bog er oversat af Louise Ardenfelt Ravnild.

Häpeämätön, hillitön ja herkkä romaani nuoren naisen vuoden lääkehuuruisesta talvihorroksesta ja kenties kirjallisuuden historian huonoimmasta psykiatrista. Kirjan päähenkilön elämässä on kaikki mallillaan, ainakin päälle päin. Kaunis nuori nainen on vasta valmistunut Columbian yliopistosta, asuu Manhattanilla Upper East Sidella ja elelee mukavasti perintörahoillaan. Mutta kaiken keskellä on huutava tyhjiö, musta aukko, eikä se johdu siitä että hän menetti vanhempansa hiljattain tai siitä miten hänen poikaystävänsä häntä kohtelee tai oudosta suhteesta niin sanottuun parhaaseen ystäväänsä. On vuosi 2000 New Yorkissa, vaurauden ja lukemattomien mahdollisuuksien mekassa. Mutta hän haluaa vain nukkua. Armottoman mustan huumorin läpäisemä teos on kertomus vuodesta huurussa, sekaisin mielikuvituksellisesta lääkeyhdistelmästä, jonka pitäisi poistaa vieraantuneisuuden ja itseinhon tunne. Se kuitenkin osoittaa, miksi joskus on välttämätöntä olla sivussa, poissa ja vieras maailmalle. Ottessa Moshfegh (s. 1981) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, jonka esikoisteos Eileen sai Hemingway-palkinnon ja oli Booker-ehdokkaana. Myös My Year of Rest and Relaxation on ollut valtava menestys kriitikoiden ja lukijoiden keskuudessa.

Vald till en av årets bästa böcker av New York Times »Gnistrande litteratur. Som få andra lyckas Ottessa Moshfegh skildra livet som en trång och smutsig bur, och samtidigt få mig att frusta av skratt.« Johanna Frid, DN»Som en modern Glaskupan. Här finns svärta men också kvickhet och underfundighet. Det krävs en väldig finess för att skriva så.« Lina Bengtsdotter, författare»Ottessa Moshfegh är utan jämförelse den mest intressanta samtida amerikanska författaren.« The New YorkerHon har allt. Hon är ung, snygg, smal, hon är nyutexaminerad från Columbia, lever på ett stort arv och har en lägenhet på Manhattan. I New York år 2000 står den moderna världen på sin absoluta topp, allt är tillgängligt, och det gäller att utnyttja dygnets timmar till max. Att sova, i stället för att arbeta eller njuta, betraktas som svaghet. Men samtidigt skrivs sömntabletter ut som godis. Då bestämmer hon sig - efter att ha fått sparken för sina timslånga tupplurar på jobbet - för att sova bort ett helt år. Kanske är kemisk dvala den enda utvägen ur en speedad samtid? En sak är säker: hennes psykiatriker hjälper gärna till. Ett år av vila och avkoppling är en skruvad sedeskildring, en undersökning av dygd och och moral i en tid när allt är tillåtet men ingen frihet finns. OTTESSA MOSHFEGH är en amerikansk författare från New England. Hennes första roman, Eileen, hyllades unisont i pressen, vann en PEN Hemingway Award i kategorin »Bästa debutroman« och nominerades till både Man Booker Prize och National Book Critics Circle Award. Ett år av vila & avkoppling [My Year of Rest & Relaxation, 2018] - Ottessa Moshfeghs senaste roman - valdes till en av årets bästa böcker av New York Times. »En av de bästa böcker jag läst i år.« Sandra Beijer »Ottessa Moshfegs lysande prosa når nya höjder.« New York Times Book Review »Ett illasinnat, varmhjärtat mästerverk.« The New York Post

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible A New York Times Bestseller - New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in years: a loopy, quietly furious pillhead whose Ambien ramblings and Xanaxed b*tcheries somehow wend their way through sad and funny and strange toward something genuinely profound." -- Entertainment Weekly "Darkly hilarious . . . Moshfegh's] the kind of provocateur who makes you laugh out loud while drawing blood." --Vogue From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.

FROM THE MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF EILEENTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Savage, funny, frequently on the verge of teetering into lunacy... My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a non-negotiable in your holiday carry-on this summer' Vogue It’s the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? Our narrator has many of the advantages of life: Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. But there is a vacuum at the heart of things, and it isn’t just the loss of her parents in college, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her alleged best friend. Blackly funny, both merciless and compassionate - dangling its legs over the ledge of 9/11 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a showcase for the gifts of one of America’s major young writers.

El libro del que todo el mundo habla en Estados Unidos. Una novela sobre la falta de ganas de levantarse de la cama. «Puede que esta sea la mejor novela existencial escrita por un autor no franc s. .- Kirkus En Mi a o de descanso y relajaci n, Ottessa Moshfegh hace de Manhattan el epicentro de una civilizaci n, la del a o 2000, dominada por la apat a. Como una oscura bella durmiente, la narradora de esta novela decide encerrarse durante un a o en su piso de una de las zonas m s exclusivas de Nueva York, asistida por una herencia ingente y por una gran cantidad de f rmacos, para dedicarse a dormir y ver pel culas de Whoopi Goldberg y Harrison Ford. El inicio de un siglo supuestamente trepidante encuentra a nuestra protagonista durmiendo en el sof con la tele encendida. Con mucho cinismo, series, pel culas comerciales y narc ticos, y a costa de cortar todo v nculo humano, cualquiera puede sobrellevar esta vida. Ahora bien, lo que queremos es sobrellevarla? «Como esta es una novela escrita por Moshfegh, que va sobrada de talento, sabemos de antemano que va a ser una novela original y extra a. ...] Sus frases son penetrantes y viperinas. ...]Escribe con tal serenidad misantr pica que leerla siempre resulta un placer. .-The New York Times ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Entertainment Weekly's #1 Book of 2018 A New York Times Notable Book and Times Critics' Top Books of 2018 The New York Times bestseller. From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers. Named a Best Book of the Year by: The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly.