Ottessa Moshfegh
4 SeriesOttessa Moshfegh is an American novelist renowned for her debut novel, "Eileen," which won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. The novel was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
In "My Year of Rest and Relaxation," Ottessa Moshfegh presents a young woman living on New York's Upper East Side, using her inheritance to fund a year of seclusion. Dissatisfied with her life and relationships, she seeks solace through a dubious psychiatrist and an array of prescription drugs. Her goal is to hibernate from the world, hoping to emerge renewed. However, her experiment in alienation challenges her understanding of healing and connection. Moshfegh's novel probes the depths of isolation and the quest for personal transformation.
