Books on GIF #84 — 'Homesick For Another World' by Ottessa Moshfegh
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Welcome to the latest edition of Books on GIF, the animated alternative to boring book reviews. This Sunday's book is 'Homesick For Another World' by Ottessa Moshfegh. The short stories in this brilliant collection are shocking and disturbing. For example, in one, a child plots a murder by stealing a kitchen knife and making poisonous jam; in another, a man achieves his sexual awakening while digitally penetrating a prostitute's anus. But none were as shocking and disturbing — and so mentally overwhelming — as the news cycle over the last two weeks with immigrant children being separated from their families and held in cages. No novel I've read in years is as dystopian and horrific as the reality we see in the United States right now. (Here's a really good piece about it
Books on GIF #84 — 'Homesick For Another World' by Ottessa Moshfegh
Books on GIF #84 — 'Homesick For Another…
Books on GIF #84 — 'Homesick For Another World' by Ottessa Moshfegh
Welcome to the latest edition of Books on GIF, the animated alternative to boring book reviews. This Sunday's book is 'Homesick For Another World' by Ottessa Moshfegh. The short stories in this brilliant collection are shocking and disturbing. For example, in one, a child plots a murder by stealing a kitchen knife and making poisonous jam; in another, a man achieves his sexual awakening while digitally penetrating a prostitute's anus. But none were as shocking and disturbing — and so mentally overwhelming — as the news cycle over the last two weeks with immigrant children being separated from their families and held in cages. No novel I've read in years is as dystopian and horrific as the reality we see in the United States right now. (Here's a really good piece about it