Homesick for Another World

<b><br></b><b>'Razor-sharp' 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's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous while also being delightful - 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 - until we find, suddenly, that we are really looking at ourselves.<br> <br> <b>'Moshfegh's writing is cinematic - vivid, immediate' <i>TLS</i></b>