Early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side. The alienation of an unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend Reva, an ex-boyfriend, and her drug-pushing psychiatrist are unwholesome. As her pill-popping intensifies, so does her isolation and determination to leave...

Dreaming of life in the city while caring for her alcoholic father and working in a 1960s boys' prison, a disturbed young woman is manipulated into committing a psychologically charged crime during the holiday season.

UNO DE LOS LIBROS MÁS ESPERADOS DEL AÑO SEGÚN THE GUARDIAN, THE TIMES O HARPER 'S BAZAAR, POR LA AUTORA DEL FENÓMENO MI AÑO DE DESCANSO Y RELAJACIÓN, GANADORA DE LOS PREMIOS PEN/HEMINGWAY, PUSHCART Y O. HENRY «Como suele pasar con las obras de Ottessa Moshfegh, nunca has leído una novela como esta». Virginia Feito «La mejor escritora de su generación». Lourdes Ventura, El Cultural En la aldea medieval de Lapvona, el pequeño Marek...

Es riecht nach Kot und Verwesung, nach Blut, Vieh und Schlamm – das ist Lapvona, der gottverlassenste Ort der Romanwelt. Hier ist niemand vom Glück begünstigt, am wenigsten Marek, der missgestaltete Sohn des Schafhirten. Doch sein Elend birgt auch eine große Kraft: baldige Nähe zu Gott durch Entsagung und Erniedrigung. Als er von Villiam, dem irren Landvogt, aufs Schloss berufen und als neuer Fürstensohn eingeführt wird, glaubt Marek sich...

"A never-before-published early novel and stories by the legendary musician, songwriter, and New York Times-bestselling poet Leonard Cohen. In A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories, readers will discover that the magic that animated Cohen's unforgettable body of work was present from the very beginning of his career. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel,...

"A brilliant, chilling picture of the English middle class at home." -Illustrated London News When Dinah Brooke's second novel, Lord Jim at Home, was first published in 1973, it was described as "squalid and startling," "nastily horrific," and a "monstrous parody" of upper-middle class English life. It is the story of Giles Trenchard, who grows up isolated in an atmosphere of privilege and hidden violence; who goes to war, and returns; and then, one...