Beschreibung
Welcome to Lapvona. In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself at the centre of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test . . . Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of TikTok sensation My Year of Rest and Relaxation. ‚One of the most provocative reads of the year‘ i NEWSPAPER ‚Disturbingly funny‘ OBSERVER, BOOKS OF THE YEAR ‚An addictive read . . . with a chequered cast of misfits, despots and unholy souls‘ THE FACE ‚One of America’s most exciting – and most provocative – young novelists‘ FINANCIAL TIMES ‚Lapvona deserves all the hype it’s received and more‘ i-D ‚Brace yourselves‘ STYLIST
Ottessa Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England. Eileen, her first novel, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Death in Her Hands, her second and third novels, were New York Times bestsellers. She is also the author of the short story collection Homesick for Another World and a novella, McGlue. She lives in Southern California.