Homesick for Another World: Stories

Resumen del libro

An electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time. Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel.And for good reason. There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another; they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities. Homesick for Another World is a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition. But part of the unique quality of her voice, the echt Moshfeghian experience, is the way the grotesque and the outrageous are infused with tenderness and compassion. Moshfegh is our Flannery O'Connor, and Homesick for Another World is her Everything That Rises Must Converge or A Good Man is Hard to Find. The flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful. But beauty comes from strange sources. And the dark energy surging through these stories is powerfully invigorating. We're in the hands of an author with a big mind, a big heart, blazing chops, and a political acuity that is needle-sharp. The needle hits the vein before we even feel the prick.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Ottessa Moshfeghx{0026}lt;/B (Boston, 1981) es una escritora estadounidense de madre croata y padre iraní. Con su primera novela, x{0026}lt;I McGlue x{0026}lt;/I (2014, Alfaguara, 2024), obtuvo el Fence Modern Prize in Prose y el Believer Book Award, y gracias a x{0026}lt;I Mi nombre era Eileenx{0026}lt;/I (Alfaguara, 2017), de próxima adaptación al cine con Anne Hathaway como protagonista, recibió el Premio PEN/ Hemingway al mejor debut literario en 2016 y estuvo nominadaal Man Booker Prize. Alfaguara también ha publicado las novelas x{0026}lt;I Mi año de descanso y relajaciónx{0026}lt;/I (2019), una obra corrosiva y aclamada de modo unánime por el público y la crítica, y x{0026}lt;I La muerte en sus manos x{0026}lt;/I (2021), que la propia Moshfegh tuvo oculta durante años, además de la colección de relatos x{0026}lt;I Nostalgia de otro mundox{0026}lt;/I (2022), por la que ha sido finalista del Story Prize 2018 y que recoge algunos de sus mejores cuentos, publicados en medios tan prestigiosos como x{0026}lt;I The Paris Reviewx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Granta x{0026}lt;/I o x{0026}lt;I The New Yorkerx{0026}lt;/I y gracias a los cuales ha obtenido galardones como el Pushcart Prize, el O. Henry Award o el Plimpton Discovery Prize. x{0026}lt;I Lapvona x{0026}lt;/I (2023) es su última novela.x{0026}lt;/P