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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Lapvona
Author: MOSHFEGH OTTESSA
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 05/07/2022
Imprint: JONATHAN CAPE
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
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
In the land of Lapvona, the lord of the land Villiam is cheating the local villagers of their food, their water, their livelihoods. Grotesque and ridiculous, he marries the pregnant and tongueless ex-nun Agata, whom he believes will make him God, and his son will be the second Christ.
It’s a land of murder, cannibalism, incest and rape. Despite all of the characters’ individual inadequacies and madness, you find yourself completely engrossed in each character’s fate, be it Marek, Jude, Agata, Villiam, Lispeth, Ina, Father Barnabas. It’s an anti-fairytale within a fairytale – maybe this is what hell on earth looks like? Is it an indictment of humanity, of religion, of grotesque despots?
An original work of brilliance – singular, funny, horrifying and entertaining in equal measure.
ISBN: 9781787333826
Weight: 350g
Dimension: 222mm X 138mm
Pages: 272
Edition: 01