- Fiction, Solitude, American Psychological fiction, Medication abuse
It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend Reva, an ex-boyfriend, and her drug-pushing psychiatrist are unwholesome. As her pill-popping intensifies, so does her isolation and determination to leave behind the world's travails. She is also beset by dangerous blackouts induced by a powerful medication.
- Eating disorders
- Addiction
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- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Ottessa Moshfegh
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 289
- Publisher
- Alfaguara, Feltrinelli, Angle Editorial
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9783954380923
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“Whenever I woke up, night or day, I'd shuffle through the bright marble foyer of my building and go up to the block and around the corner where there was a bodega that never closed.”
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