{"product_id":"homesick-for-another-world-by-ottessa-moshfegh-9781784701505","title":"Homesick For Another World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn electrifying, prizewinning short story collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eEileen\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Razor-sharp'\u003c\/em\u003e — Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn electrifying, prizewinning short story collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eEileen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Year of Rest and Relaxation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous while also being delightful — and often even weirdly hilarious. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet; all yearning for connection and betterment, in very different ways, but each of them seems destined to be tripped up by their own baser impulses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 oddly and powerfully invigorating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most gifted and exciting young writers in America, she shows us uncomfortable things, and makes us look at them forensically — until we find, suddenly, that we are really looking at ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Moshfegh's writing is cinematic — vivid, immediate'\u003c\/em\u003e — TLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494964973804,"sku":"9781784701505","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11629883482823.jpg?v=1748465937","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/homesick-for-another-world-by-ottessa-moshfegh-9781784701505","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}