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Lapvona

A dark medieval Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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Lapvona

Yazan: Ottessa Moshfegh
Seslendiren: Ottessa Moshfegh
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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.

© Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

 Dark Humour Fantastik Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Kurgu Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Medieval Sihir World Literature Esprili Korkutucu Komedi
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Compelling... Moshfegh's bold venture beyond her comfort zone in Lapvona is a welcome promise of how much more she has to offer American literature today.
What impresses here is not so much Moshfegh's abilities with character or narrative, or even her language . . . as the qualities Lapvona shares with a Francis Bacon painting: depicting in blood-red vitality, without morals or judgment, the human animal in its native chaos.
Moshfegh expertly creates a world with its own superstitions and laws, both timeless and topical.
Moshfegh's genius is her ability to rip away the veil, revealing the horrors beneath, in writing so compelling, and bleakly funny, that we can't bear to look away.
A witty, vicious novel.. . Moshfegh is one of our most thrilling chroniclers of the abject
Booker-shortlisted Ottessa Moshfegh is likely to out-weird most things published next year - set in a medieval fiefdom, could it be a work of genius, too? (Stephanie Cross)
Deliriously quirky medieval tale . . . Moshfegh brings her trademark fascination with the grotesque to depictions of the pandemic, inequality, and governmental corruption, making them feel both uncanny and all too familiar. It's a triumph.
[A] truly unique novel.
Moshfegh writes brilliantly bizarre. Her arresting fourth novel continues this tradition.
Despite its medieval milieu, Lapvona is a quintessential Moshfegh book. It has the warped earthiness of the author's first two novels... [and] a powerful undercurrent of allegory.
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Bleak, but not as intense or shocking as some reviews make out. Engaging and occasionally funny story. Some parts will be disturbing for more sensitive types.

Unique and interesting story

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I feel a slight pacing issue in the ending half but it's great otherwise

Great book

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This book was interesting to say the least. I suppose I’m pretty new to these kind of books, and this one in particular really had me thinking. The characters are incredibly unique, getting to know the characters throughout, you can’t help but feel so much empathy and injustice for their lives and purposes. It’s pretty dark and highly phycological, based very much on abstract concepts and societal and religious beliefs. It was captivating.

Phycological horror

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Going from Rest and relaxation to this was a trip.. Typical writing style of OM but very different.

Not your usual read...

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I honestly think this needs a different narrator. It lacked emotion. So the gross bits were just gross and I couldn't care about any character out of total indifference. A great narrator would change that.For once, I gave up and wasn't bothered that I did

Something didn't "click"

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