I’ve only read that short story collection and the stories were really funny and well-crafted but unrelenting. There really wasn’t any sympathy or generosity in there, that I saw, to add levity to the pettiness and seething hatred. This was the source of the humor, obviously—like a really committed version of curb your enthusiasm—but it seems notable that these kind of characters and narratives feel naturalistic to contemporary. It’s like one part of human psychology has been given outsized prominence. It’s either a problem with capitalism or with fiction.
― treeship., Thursday, 16 April 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
*feels naturalistic to contemporary readers
Including myself, I should say. I wouldn’t be surprised to open up the minds of other New Yorkers, for instance, and find these kinds of bizarre solipsistic dramas playing out.
― treeship., Thursday, 16 April 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
McGlue seems like it could be interesting though. Hard to imagine what she’d do with a historical setting.
― treeship., Thursday, 16 April 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/books/ottessa-moshfegh-death-in-her-hands.html
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 April 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
Just finished the new one, love it.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 July 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
Nice didn’t realize it was out yet
― flopson, Thursday, 2 July 2020 05:42 (three years ago) link