Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh is still in the midst of adapting her hit novel “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” into a feature film. The sensational 2018 book follows an unnamed woman who, just ...

4. C onnection to the title: The title of the book, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation," implies a deliberate and extended period of rest. The first line hints at the protagonist's intention to ...

The privileged, 20-something WASPy narrator of “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” loses her job at an art gallery, has disappointing encounters with men, loathes a friendship with a social ...

Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh is still in the midst of adapting her hit novel “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” into a feature film. The sensational 2018 book follows an unnamed woman who, just after the ...

Harriett Gilbert is joined by one of the boldest writers of her generation, Ottessa Moshfegh, to discuss her novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation, a twisted Sleeping Beauty story. Show more ...