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 \n# Praise for Homesick for Another World\n\nA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017  \n“Homesick for Another World will scorch you like a blowtorch.”—John Waters,The New York Times Book Review  \n\"I can't recall the last time I laughed this hard at a book.Simultaneously,I'′m shocked and scandalized.She's brilliant,this young woman.\"—David Sedaris  \n“Dark,confident,prickling stories...Moshfegh uses uglinessas if it were an intellectual and moral Swiss Army knife....Sampling her sentences is like touching a mildly electrifiedfence.There is a good deal of humor in Homesick for AnotherWorld,and the chipper tone can be unnerving.It's likewatching someone grin with a mouthful of blood.\"  \n—Dwight Garner,The New York Times  \n# Praise for My Year of Rest and Relaxation\n\nA New York Times bestseller  \n\"[A]darkly comic and ultimately profound new novel...Moshfegh's extraordinary prose soars as it captures hercharacter's re-engagement.\"—The New York Times Book Review  \n“My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a strange,exhilaratingtriumph...Moshfegh writes with a singular wit and claritythat,on its own,would be more than enough...But thecumulative power of her narrative—and the sharp turn shetakes in its last thirty pages—becomes nothing less than arevelation:sad,funny,astonishing,and unforgettable.\"  \n—Entertainment Weekly  \n“Ottessa Moshfeghis easily the most interesting contemporaryAmerican writer on the subject of being alive when being alivefeels terrible.She has a freaky and pu","cbCaib7iwCCRyRy4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib7iwCCRyRy4","pdf",5791486,164,"English","# Praise for McGlue\n# Praise for Eileen\n# Praise for Homesick for Another World\n# Praise for My Year of Rest and Relaxation","[{\"question\":\"Which books are included in the praise excerpts?\",\"answer\":\"The document provides praise sections for McGlue, Eileen, Homesick for Another World, and My Year of Rest and Relaxation.\"},{\"question\":\"What kind of qualities are mentioned for McGlue?\",\"answer\":\"McGlue is described as urgent and visceral, with sharp voice, violence, and grotesque beauty, combining short-fiction immediacy with epic scope.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes and tone are associated with Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation?\",\"answer\":\"Eileen is praised for dark, surprising humor and a vivid, disturbed first-person narrator. 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