My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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Satirical journey into privileged ennui and escape.

If you're intrigued by the idea of stepping away from the noise of society, enveloped in biting satire that doesn't shy away from depth, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" might speak to you. Dive into the mind of a character who, despite having all the conventional advantages, seeks an extreme form of escape. Ottessa Moshfegh masterfully crafts a narrative that's darkly humorous and poignantly reflective of malaise in opulence. It's a compelling ponder on what it means to truly rest and find meaning against the backdrop of societal expectations.

  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Regular price RM43.69 MYR
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ISBN: 9781784707422
Authors: Ottessa Moshfegh
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2019-05-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.63
(rated by 458011 readers)

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It’s the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? Our narrator has many of the advantages of life: young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. But there is a vacuum at the heart of things, and it isn’t just the loss of her parents in college, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her alleged best friend. Blackly funny, both merciless and compassionate – dangling its legs over the ledge of 9/11 – My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a showcase for the gifts of one of America’s major young writers.
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Satirical journey into privileged ennui and escape.

If you're intrigued by the idea of stepping away from the noise of society, enveloped in biting satire that doesn't shy away from depth, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" might speak to you. Dive into the mind of a character who, despite having all the conventional advantages, seeks an extreme form of escape. Ottessa Moshfegh masterfully crafts a narrative that's darkly humorous and poignantly reflective of malaise in opulence. It's a compelling ponder on what it means to truly rest and find meaning against the backdrop of societal expectations.

  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.