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Lapvona
  • Published: 9 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529115727
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $24.99

Lapvona

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Paperback
9 May 2023
EBook
23 June 2022
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Brace yourself for Lapvona: a rollercoaster ride of depravation and perversion in the singular new novel from Ottessa Moshfegh, author My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Welcome to Lapvona. In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself at the centre of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test . . .

Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of TikTok sensation My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

'One of the most provocative reads of the year'
i NEWSPAPER

'Disturbingly funny'
OBSERVER, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'An addictive read . . . with a chequered cast of misfits, despots and unholy souls'
THE FACE

'One of America's most exciting - and most provocative - young novelists'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'Lapvona deserves all the hype it's received and more'
i-D

'Brace yourselves'
STYLIST
  • Published: 9 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529115727
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh has written four previous books: McGlue (2014); Eileen, which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

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Also by Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Eileen
Death in Her Hands
Homesick For Another World
McGlue
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Praise for Lapvona

Moshfegh is one of the most original and astute young novelists working today.

Daily Telegraph

The superabundantly talented...Moshfegh's sentences are piercing and vixenish... she is always a deep pleasure to read.

New York Times (on MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION)

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