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Jun 23, 2020 · A widow finds a note in the woods claiming a woman named Magda was killed, but no one will ever know who did it. She becomes obsessed with solving the mystery and questioning her own reality in this horror-suspense-comedy book.
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- Ottessa Moshfegh
Jun 23, 2020 · Death in Her Hands is at once a satire of and metafictional commentary on the mystery/crime genre, a study of trauma’s effect on the psyche, and a reflection on the creative process. . . . [A] striking and original contribution to Moshfegh’s remarkable oeuvre.”
- 2020
- Ottessa Moshfegh
Jun 25, 2020 · Vesta Gul, a widow in her seventies, has relocated from the Northern Midwest leaving behind the home she shared with her husband Walter, for a cabin at a decommissioned Girl Scout camp in an ...
Death in Her Hands is a 2020 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh. [1] Synopsis. Vesta Gul, a 72-year-old widow, is walking her dog in the woods and finds a note that reads: "Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body." However, no body is in sight.
- Ottessa Moshfegh
- 2020
Apr 13, 2021 · Death in Her Hands Paperback – April 13, 2021. by Moshfegh Ottessa (Author) 3.6 1,603 ratings. See all formats and editions. 'This is a story about what might happen when a woman takes charge... A glorious visceral mystery' The TimesWhile on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home, Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note.
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- Moshfegh Ottessa
A mysterious note in the woods leads an elderly widow to invent a story of a murder that may or may not be true. A haunting metaphysical suspense novel by the author of Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation.
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Jun 22, 2021 · She is new to this area, alone after the death of her husband, and she knows no one. Becoming obsessed with solving this mystery, our narrator imagines who Magda was and how she met her fate....
