HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD

Theres something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfeghs stories, something almost dangerous while also being delightful and o ften even weirdly hilarious. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet/ all yearning for connection and betterment, in very diff erent ways, but each of them seems destined to be tripped up by their own baser impulses. What makes these stories so moving is the emotional balance that Moshfegh achieves the way she exposes the limitless range of self-deception that human beings can employ wh ile, at the s...[Read more]