My Year of Rest and Relaxation
- Author Ottessa Moshfegh
- Narrator Julia Whelan
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 14 March 2019
- Run Time 7 hours and 15 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre ‘Street’ fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues, Satirical fiction and parodies.
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, read by Julia Whelan.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2019
FROM THE MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF EILEEN
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'Savage, funny, frequently on the verge of teetering into lunacy... My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a non-negotiable in your holiday carry-on this summer' Vogue
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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| Author | Ottessa Moshfegh |
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| Narrator | Julia Whelan |
| Duration | 7 hours and 15 minutes |
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| ISBN | 9781473572515 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Genre | ‘Street’ fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues, Satirical fiction and parodies |
| Collections | #BookTok |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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