Lapvona - 2024 Repost - Ottessa Moshfegh
Category: Novel
Tags: Novel, Horror, Adults, Literature
In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfeghs most exciting leap yet, Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of lifes few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him as a baby, as she did so many of the villages children. Inas gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world. Her gift often brings her the transmission of sacred knowledge on levels far beyond those available to other villagers, however religious they might be. For some people, Inas home in the woods outside of the village is a place to fear and to avoid, a godless place., Among their number is Father Barnabas, the tow
