Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison, Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city.
In the meantime, her nights and weekends are filled with shoplifting and cleaning up her increasingly deranged father's messes.
When the beautiful, charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives on the scene as the new counsellor at the prison, Eileen is enchanted, unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship. But soon, Eileen's affection for Rebecca pull her into a crime that far surpasses even her own wild imagination.
Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison, Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city.
In the meantime, her nights and weekends are filled with shoplifting and cleaning up her increasingly deranged father's messes.
When the beautiful, charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives on the scene as the new counsellor at the prison, Eileen is enchanted, unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship. But soon, Eileen's affection for Rebecca pull her into a crime that far surpasses even her own wild imagination.
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Exploring the inner lives of isolated characters on the fringes of society, modern psychological fiction often finds its sharpest edge in stories centered on alienation, obsession, and unconventional choices. American author and screenwriter Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh gained wide recognition with her debut novel Eileen, which crafts an unsettling portrait of a troubled young woman working in a juvenile detention facility in 1960s New England. The novel established her distinct literary voice, winning the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and earning nominations as a finalist for both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Born on May 20, 1981, in Boston, Massachusetts, Moshfegh began her career with short fiction and published her debut novella, McGlue, in 2014. Her breakout novel, Eileen, followed in 2015 to widespread acclaim, garnering major award nominations and later being adapted into a 2023 feature film.
Moshfegh expanded her body of work in 2017 with the story collection Homesick for Another World, which was named a New York Times Notable Book. She continued publishing acclaimed novels, including My Year of Rest and Relaxation in 2018, followed by Death in Her Hands and Lapvona, establishing a prominent career in contemporary literature and screenwriting.
Moshfegh is known for her gritty realism, acerbic prose, and blackly comic sensibility. Her narratives frequently center on introspective, isolated protagonists—often young women living on the social margins—presented with precision and uncompromising honesty. Rather than softening the unsavory or eccentric habits of her characters, Moshfegh treats complex, unlikeable figures with narrative depth, probing themes of emotional detachment, physical revulsion, and psychological confinement.
2 books in catalog
Exploring the inner lives of isolated characters on the fringes of society, modern psychological fiction often finds its sharpest edge in stories centered on alienation, obsession, and unconventional choices. American author and screenwriter Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh gained wide recognition with her debut novel Eileen, which crafts an unsettling portrait of a troubled young woman working in a juvenile detention facility in 1960s New England. The novel established her distinct literary voice, winning the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and earning nominations as a finalist for both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Born on May 20, 1981, in Boston, Massachusetts, Moshfegh began her career with short fiction and published her debut novella, McGlue, in 2014. Her breakout novel, Eileen, followed in 2015 to widespread acclaim, garnering major award nominations and later being adapted into a 2023 feature film.
Moshfegh expanded her body of work in 2017 with the story collection Homesick for Another World, which was named a New York Times Notable Book. She continued publishing acclaimed novels, including My Year of Rest and Relaxation in 2018, followed by Death in Her Hands and Lapvona, establishing a prominent career in contemporary literature and screenwriting.
Moshfegh is known for her gritty realism, acerbic prose, and blackly comic sensibility. Her narratives frequently center on introspective, isolated protagonists—often young women living on the social margins—presented with precision and uncompromising honesty. Rather than softening the unsavory or eccentric habits of her characters, Moshfegh treats complex, unlikeable figures with narrative depth, probing themes of emotional detachment, physical revulsion, and psychological confinement.
