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Books by Ottessa Moshfegh mentioned on podcasts

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4 books across 14 episodes on 2 podcasts.

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  1. Eileen

    7 mentions · The Book Review, Pod Save America

    Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh is a dark, provocative debut novel about a troubled young woman working in a juvenile detention facility who becomes entangled in a sinister disappearance.

    Discussed
    “when eileene came out she gave this wild profile in the guardian where she explained Essa is candid about Eileen being a deliberate exercise and playing with the format of commercial fiction to get attention of big Publishers”
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  2. My Year of Rest and Relaxation

    7 mentions · The Book Review

    My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh is a darkly comic and provocative novel about a privileged young New York woman who attempts to hibernate for an entire year using a cocktail of heavy psychiatric pharmaceuticals.

    Discussed
    “I also wanted to mention one person who I think is doing something similar to what monk is doing in the book and that is Essa mbag who wrote my year of rest and relaxation”
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  3. Death in Her Hands

    2 mentions · The Book Review, Pod Save America

    Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh is a psychological mystery novel that follows an elderly woman who stumbles upon a cryptic note in the woods and becomes obsessively entangled in the fictional murder case it describes.

    Discussed
    “you like you know once in a while I in this I reviewed the new otessa mosg book and it's called death in her hands”
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  4. Homesick For Another World

    2 mentions · The Book Review

    Homesick for Another World is a striking collection of dark, idiosyncratic short stories by Ottessa Moshfegh that investigates loneliness, grotesque human behavior, and contemporary alienation with biting wit.

    Discussed
    “homesick for another world bya mve NW by Zade Smith”
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