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Name: Homesick For Another World
Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh

📘 Homesick For Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh’s *Homesick for Another World* assembles a series of short stories that lay bare the fragility of the human body and the cruelty that can pervade everyday interactions. In each tale the narrator examines uncomfortable situations with incisive scrutiny, only to discover that the true focus lies back on the reader’s own experience. Through these unsettling vignettes the author offers a window into the psychological landscape of contemporary America, blending literary craft with a keen, sometimes harsh, observational eye.

First publish date: 2017

Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories

Authors: Ottessa Moshfegh

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