My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and RelaxationOttessa Moshfegh
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018)

Ottessa Moshfegh

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's 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 behind the world's travails. She is also beset by dangerous blackouts induced by a powerful medication.

ISBN:
9780525522126
Length:
304 pages

Genres: literary fiction

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