
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
£9.99
Mr B's review
In this deliciously dark novel, Moshfegh offers a razor sharp satire on the art world, apathy, and all the digital dangers of contemporary life. Desperate to disconnect from a world that feels all too much, Moshfegh’s narrator – think Patrick Bateman by way of Paris Hilton – attempts to sleep for an entire year. Set in New York in 2001, Moshfegh’s novel is aglitter with Y2K excess and astute observations. Utterly mad, utterly unforgettable. – Liv
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On the surface ,our narrator has everything you could want in life. She’s young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate and lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance.
But there is a vacuum in her life and she’s got the perfect solution. She’s going to take a year under sedation to relax and hide away from the world.
What could possibly go wrong?
Blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, is the perfect read for fans of The Secret History by Donna Tartt and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
PRAISE FOR MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION:
‘The book that everyone is talking about’ The Times
‘Diamond-hard entertainment’ Guardian
‘Electrifying…compelling…Moshfegh’s protagonist is an unlikely revolutionary’ Vanity Fair
Publisher Review
Electrifying… [Moshfegh] is adept at crafting compelling female characters who violate the rules of femininity… Moshfegh’s protagonist is an unlikely revolutionary. * Vanity Fair * My Year of Rest and Relaxation is whip-smart, continuously compelling, and acerbic in all the right ways. * Daily Telegraph * The superabundantly talented…Moshfegh’s sentences are piercing and vixenish… she is always a deep pleasure to read. * New York Times * This is the first book I couldn’t put down this year… Almost offensive with its close-to-the-bone truths, it’s shockingly relatable. And legitimately laugh-out-loud funny. Ottessa Moshfegh is sharp, savage and hilarious. — Isabel Dexter * Elle * The book that everybody’s talking about… I read it and was entranced. * The Times *
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