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Ottessa Moshfegh writes not what we asked for, but what we need

Ottessa Moshfegh's fiction explores the dark side of human nature, delving into violent impulses and disjointed logic.

The protagonists in Moshfegh's novels are difficult to love but hypnotizing to watch, drawing readers into their depraved and self-destructive lives.

Ottessa Moshfegh's characters are degraded and willing to bare all to the reader

Moshfegh's works explore the strange and macabre in mundane situations

Ottessa Moshfegh is known for writing about lonely and degraded characters who are willing to reveal their grotty habits and dark urges.

Her works often involve outcasts and weirdos, mixing the mundane and macabre.

Ottessa Moshfegh's characters are degraded and willing to bare all to the reader

Moshfegh's works explore the strange and macabre in mundane situations

Ottessa Moshfegh is known for writing about lonely and degraded characters who are willing to reveal their grotty habits and dark urges.

Her works often involve outcasts and weirdos, mixing the mundane and macabre.

Ottessa Moshfegh faced criticism for the main character in her novel Eileen, but she defended her as an honest protagonist.

She is now detached from the criticism and open to her novel finding a new audience through the film adaptation.

Writing a traditional novel felt like a rebellion for the experimental writer.

Eileen combines the noir genre with a real, unattractive protagonist.

Moshfegh's novel challenges the conventions of the literary world.

Ottessa Moshfegh faced criticism for the main character in her novel Eileen, but she defended her as an honest protagonist.

She is now detached from the criticism and open to her novel finding a new audience through the film adaptation.

Writing a traditional novel felt like a rebellion for the experimental writer.

Eileen combines the noir genre with a real, unattractive protagonist.

Moshfegh's novel challenges the conventions of the literary world.

Author Ottessa Moshfegh describes the serendipitous moments that arose during the adaptation of her novel Eileen into a film.

Moshfegh is impressed by the performances of Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway in the film adaptation of Eileen.