Eileen (novel)

Eileen
Author Ottessa Moshfegh
Country United States
Language English
Published 2015
Publisher Penguin Press
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 272 pp
ISBN 978-1594206627

Eileen is a 2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Penguin Press.[1][2] It is Moshfegh's second novel.[3]

In September 2016, it was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.

Plot

The story of an unhappy young woman named Eileen in the 1960s and what happens to her during a bitter Massachusetts winter while she is 24.

Reception

The novel was well received by The New York Times.[4] It won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.[5]

Awards

References

  1. Zimmerman, Jean (23 August 2015). "'Eileen' Is Dark, Damaged Fun". NPR. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. P. Sullivan, Kevin (14 August 2015). "Eileen". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. Kiesling, Lydia (20 August 2015). "Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh review – an odd double of Plath's Bell Jar". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. King, Lily (14 August 2015). "'Eileen,' by Ottessa Moshfegh". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. Mark Shanahan (March 16, 2016). "Newton's Ottessa Moshfegh wins 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  6. Alice (September 13, 2016). "Man Booker Prize announces 2016 shortlist". Man Booker. Retrieved July 27, 2016.


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