Ottessa Moshfegh was nominated for the Booker Prize this year. Her novel was interesting, divisive, weird and sad. Her place is somewhere in between Flannery O’Connor and Shirley Jackson, with some Sylvia Plath thrown in. If that makes sense to you and appeals to you, here you go. If you told me you hated this book I wouldn’t hold it against you. I wouldn’t even try to argue with you. It feels both purposely and decidedly divisive. But! If you like it, I think you’ll […]
What’s Behind Your Mask/Cannonball!
Eileen is the debut novel of writer Ottessa Moshfegh, whose short stories have been featured in Paris Review and have won prestigious prizes. The action is set during the week leading up to Christmas in 1964, but this is far from a heartwarming holiday tale. It is dark, twisted and suspenseful. Readers who enjoyed The Dinner or The Care of Wooden Floors or Gone Girl will be delighted. We have a narrator who is seems honest, but what kind of person is she really? Eileen, […]