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From one of our most provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense.
This is a story about what might happen when a woman takes charge... A glorious visceral mystery - The Times
While on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home, Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note: Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body.
Shaky even on her best days, Vesta is also alone, and new to the area, having moved here after the death of her husband. Her brooding about the note grows quickly into a full-blown obsession—who was Magda and how did she meet her fate?
From the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen comes this razor-sharp, chilling and darkly hilarious novel about the stories we tell ourselves and how we strive to obscure the truth.
PRAISE FOR DEATH IN HER HANDS
Routinely hailed as one of the most exciting young American authors working today - Guardian
A new kind of murder mystery - New Yorker
Dark, devious - Observer
A fine line between shocking realism and the absurd - New Statesman
A brilliant off-kilter detective story - Evening Standard
A beautiful novel - Sunday Times
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Ottessa Moshfegh is celebrated for her originality and astute writing in Death in Her Hands, a novel that blends suspense and dark humour. Critics describe her work as transforming dirty realism into something both filthier and more beautiful, emphasising its precision and unique depravity. The book is noted for being more than just a murder mystery, with comparisons to the genius and cruelty of authors like Henry James and Vladimir Nabokov. It's praised for its exploration of a woman's empowerment and mastery in storytelling, likening Moshfegh to revered writers such as Ali Smith and Thoreau.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529112344
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 May 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 192g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Ottessa Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England and the author of six books. Eileen was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Death in Her Hands and Lapvona were all New York Times bestsell-ers. She is also the author of the short story collection Homesick for Another World. She lives in Southern California.
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