![]() Vesta’s isolation, vivid imagination, and loose grasp of reality all play off one another, while her barely disguised contempt for the few people she does interact with serves as a tense undercurrent. Written with Moshfegh’s signature embrace of the darker corners of the human mind, this novel rests on the shoulders of a highly unreliable and at times unlikable narrator. ![]() ![]() But can readers trust what Vesta believes she’s seeing? Vesta is unsure if the note is real or not, but as the possible identities of Magda and her killer develop in her mind, Vesta begins noticing clues that confirm her suspicions. One day, while walking with her dog in the woods, she finds a note stating that a woman named Magda has been killed. Protagonist Vesta Gull moves to a cabin after the death of her husband. ![]() In her latest novel, Ottessa Moshfegh crafts a murder mystery that asks readers to decide what they believe. ![]()
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