On the Aegean island of Skyros, in the Carnival period immediately preceding Lent, a more ancient ritual takes place....

Ottessa Moshfegh’s first two books are, as she tells me, very different from one another. But despite the contrast...

1. APARTMENT INTERIOR/MORNING/BELYAYEVO, MOCKBA, ROSSIJSKAJA FEDERACIJA…   There is a T-shirt on the desk in front of him.  ...