Lapvona: A Novel

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by: Ottessa Moshfegh

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Lapvona: A Novel

by: Ottessa Moshfegh

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!
Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love should be or a negotiation where grief should be . . .  The Atlantic

In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh’s most exciting leap yet

Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life’s few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby, as she did so many of the village’s children. Ina’s gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world.

Among their number is Father Barnabas, the town priest and lackey for the depraved lord and governor, Villiam, whose hilltop manor contains a secret embarrassment of riches. The people’s desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by Villiam and the priest, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord’s family, new and occult forces upset the old order.

Author: Ottessa Moshfegh
Language: English
Format: PDF, EPUB, MOBI
Year: 2022
Isbn: 9780593300268

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