Lapvona

Lapvona

The unmissable Sunday Times Bestseller

Summary

Welcome to Lapvona. In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself at the centre of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test . . .

Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of TikTok sensation My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

'One of the most provocative reads of the year'
i NEWSPAPER

'Disturbingly funny'
OBSERVER, BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'An addictive read . . . with a chequered cast of misfits, despots and unholy souls'
THE FACE

'One of America's most exciting - and most provocative - young novelists'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'Lapvona deserves all the hype it's received and more'
i-D

'Brace yourselves'
STYLIST

Reviews

  • 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.
    Financial Times

About the author

Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England. Eileen, her first novel, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Death in Her Hands, her second and third novels, were New York Times bestsell­ers. She is also the author of the short story collection Homesick for Another World and a novella, McGlue. She lives in Southern California.
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