My year of rest and relaxation
By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780525522119
Subjects: Fiction; Solitude; American Psychological fiction; Medication abuse; Quacks and quackery
Description: It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend Reva, an ex-boyfriend, and her drug-pushing psychiatrist are unwholesome. As her pill-popping intensifies, so does her isolation and determination to leave behind the world's travails. She is also beset by dangerous blackouts induced by a powerful medication.