‘Razor-sharp’ Zadie Smith

An electrifying, award-winning collection of short stories from the author who has been shortlisted for the Booker. There is something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous yet simultaneously delightful - often strangely comedic. Her characters are all unstable, desiring connection and improvement in different ways, yet they seem destined to stumble over their most basic instincts. Human nature is weak, wood is crooked, people are harsh, foolish, and harmful to one another, but beauty comes from strange sources. The dark energy that runs through these stories is strangely and powerfully rejuvenating. One of the most talented and interesting young writers in America, she shows us uncomfortable things and forces us to look at them thoroughly - until we discover that we are really looking at ourselves.

‘Moshfegh’s writing is cinematic – vivid, direct’ TLS

Pages: 304, Dimensions: 13x13cm