![]() It is ultimately the story of a boy whose parents really don’t care for him, and the corruption and tragedy that he falls into because of it. Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love should be or a negotiation where grief should be. The village they live in is full of odd people and cruel tragedy-an old woman who survives a plague as a child and spontaneously starts lactating in her 40s becomes a wet nurse for most of the village’s children a brutal summer drought overtakes the village while Villiam lavishes by his manor’s reservoir. His father, Jude, cares far more about the lambs he keeps than about his son. The story begins with Marek, a masochistic, God-fearing 13-year-old boy who craves pain and punishment because he knows that God loves those who suffer. Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel takes place in Lapvona, a medieval fiefdom ruled over by a vain and gluttonous lord, Villiam. If You Want to Read What Your Friends Are Reading
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