My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
A privileged young woman plans to withdraw from consciousness and discovers that escape has its own complications. A young woman in New York uses her financial security to attempt a year of drug-assisted withdrawal from daily life. Her relationships and memories keep disturbing the plan, however carefully she tries to manage it. Moshfegh examines numbness, grief, privilege, and the fantasy that transformation can arrive through complete disengagement.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A young woman in New York uses her financial security to attempt a year of drug-assisted withdrawal from daily life. Her relationships and memories keep disturbing the plan, however carefully she tries to manage it. Moshfegh examines numbness, grief, privilege, and the fantasy that transformation can arrive through complete disengagement.
Why read it?
A privileged young woman plans to withdraw from consciousness and discovers that escape has its own complications. Explore Numbness, Grief and Privilege in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: Ottessa Moshfegh
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- Edition publication year: 2019
About the Author
Book Details
- Author
- Ottessa Moshfegh
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 304
- Publication year
- 2019
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