Description
A young woman’s life unravels in unsettling, intimate ways as she navigates desire, control, and the quiet violence of everyday choices. When her circumstances turn dangerous, she finds herself drawn into a tense, morally ambiguous struggle where survival and self-invention blur. With Ottessa Moshfegh’s razor-edged, darkly comic prose, the novel explores themes of power, bodily autonomy, and the ways people cope with fear, loneliness, and longing. Equal parts psychological and atmospheric, it delivers a high-stakes descent that feels both sharply observed and hauntingly surreal—an unforgettable read for fans of literary fiction that refuses to look away.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2020
272 pages
ISBN: 9781984879356
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh.