Homesick For Another World av Ottessa Moshfegh

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<p><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