Lapvona
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller "Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love should be or a negotiation where grief should be . . . Through a mix of witchery, deception, murder, abuse, grand delusion, ludicrous conversations, and cringeworthy moments of bodily disgust, Moshfegh creates a world that you definitely don't want to live in, but from which you can't look away." --The Atlantic In a village buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself part of a power struggle that puts the community's faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh's most exciting leap yet Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, believes his mother died giving birth to him. One of Marek's few consolations is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby. For some people, Ina's ability to receive transmissions of sacred knowledge from the natural world is a godsend. For others, Ina's home in the woods is a godless place. The people's desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by their depraved lord and governor, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord's family, new and occult forces arise to upset the old order. By year's end, the veil between blindness and sight, life and death, and the natural world and the spirit world will prove to be very thin indeed.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0593300289
ISBN13:9780593300282
Release Date:June 2023
Publisher:Penguin Books
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Expect the Unexpected
Published by Britton , 10 months ago
I truly took a journey with this book and had a hard time putting it down, despite how strange it was in places. I found myself unable to anticipate what would happen next. The author constructs the story in such a way that a character I once adored became a character that I despised, and vice versa. The story is full of complex and morally grey characters to the point that you really aren't sure who you should be rooting for, if anyone at all. As you try to decipher the motivation behind each character, the plot continues to thicken and more discoveries come to light that will leave you feeling unnerved and apprehensive about what lies ahead for these characters.
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