![]() ![]() ![]() Homesick for Another World collects stories from 2012-2017, and while each possesses the tang of what makes Eileen so deliciously sour these stories are by no means the underdeveloped counterparts to that novel. ![]() But, in a broader sense, one could consider all that grime to be coming from a character who is reveling in her free will and femininity, learning to celebrate her ability to make her own choices, both good and bad. She mopes and wallows in the sweat and stink of her body, is mistrustful of others and appears to be on the brink of some kind of breakdown. Eileen is one of the most captivating women in recent literary history, although often difficult to read and difficult to like. Moshfegh was deservedly shortlisted for the 2016 Booker Prize for her first novel, Eileen, which follows a scuzzy female secretary at a boys’ correctional facility. Ottessa Moshfegh writes great stories about terrible people: from perverts to addicts to the cripplingly lonesome, her stories illuminate the fetid, mildewed corners of society with a critical yet surprisingly forgiving eye. ![]()
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