Adding to the 2018 list of fiction that has influenced me: Ottessa Moshfegh's Homesick For Another World. The NYT described it as, "Dark, confident, prickling" writing and I would agree with that. She has a way of creating these incredibly sad or disturbed insular characters -- who are painfully aware of some of their deepest flaws yet painfully unaware of others. They're crazy, but she keeps it equal parts enlightening and disturbing in how relatable they continue to be. On a subtler level, I also really appreciate how she sets each story in a very different city (in America, in China, in unnamed "exotic" locales). Lastly, it's impressive how short she keeps her stories -- it speaks to a real and internalized discipline. Highly recommend!
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