![]() ![]() Marek's spine was "twisted in the middle" and his head "was also misshapen" his "bright red hair. The plot follows the life of a 13-year-old boy named Marek who lives with his cruel shepherd father, Jude, in the feudal village of Lapvona. Few writers could pull off such a drowsy premise, but Moshfegh's interior story was engrossing, as opposed to gross, which is what Lapvona largely is. That's especially true of the heroine of My Year of Rest and Relaxation, where a depressed young woman achieves emotional numbness by drugging herself into marathon sleep sessions. ![]() Her signature heroines are tamped-down loners who expect little from life and receive less. Moshfegh has written about off-putting subjects before. ![]() Book Reviews Fascinating, Messy 'Death In Her Hands' Is A Portrait Of An Unraveling Mind ![]()
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