Homesick For Another World

<p><b>'Razor-sharp&#146; Zadie Smith </b><br><br><b>An electrifying prizewinning short story collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of <i>Eileen</i> and<i> My Year of Rest and Relaxation.</i></b><br><br>There&#146;s something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh&#146;s stories something almost dangerous while also being delightful &#150; and often even weirdly hilarious. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet; all yearning for connection and betterment in very different ways but each of them seems destined to be tripped up by their own baser impulses. <br><br>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 oddly and powerfully invigorating. <br><br><br>One of the most gifted and exciting young writers in America she shows us uncomfortable things and makes us look at them forensically &#150; until we find suddenly that we are really looking at ourselves.<br><br><b>&#145;Moshfegh&#146;s writing is cinematic &#150; vivid immediate&#146; <i>TLS</i></b></p>