Gwendoline Riley ? Times Literary Supplement Ottessa Moshfegh has written four previous books: McGlue (2014) Eileen, which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Homesick for Another World (2017) and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. Moshfegh?s writing is cinematic ? vivid, immediate.

She can really write and has a pitch-black sense of humour. Her damaged-girl deadpan snark is second to none, but she inhabits other character types with ease. Moshfegh imbues her anguished realism with equal parts murky dread and clever turns of phrase. An electrifying, prizewinning short story collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an authors short story. The title and cover of Homesick for Another World might lead you to believe Ottessa Moshfeghs stories are set in outer space, but shes done the opposite: approached Earth as if it were an alien planet. Moshfegh successfully creates dark atmospheres and disturbed characters, I recommend this book if you are seeking a strange, dark read. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. Its a vacant feeling of being sorely disconnected. Its a lingering feeling of acute isolation that washes over our entire bodies. The characters in this collection are an unlovely bunch but make for an irresistible read? She writes terrific, attention-grabbing openings, and impactful last lines that don?t strain for a lapidary effect. I loved the bizarre, eery, gross short stories in Moshfegh's 'Homesick for Another World.' Something about the way Moshfegh writes paints out surreal images in my mind. There is no feeling quite as lonely as feeling homesick. A few passages coil toward melodrama, and one inelegant line after a rape seems jarringly modern, but the spell holds fast. All the while, the supernatural sits intriguingly alongside the tonic of ordinary things.

Moshfegh is consistently as sparky and gripping as she is inventive? She could become one of the most outstanding US writers of her generation. An electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time Ottessa Moshfeghs debut novel Eileen was one of. Circe’s fascination with mortals becomes the book’s marrow and delivers its thrilling ending.

Homesick for another planet