(Drivebycuriosity) - What could we learn if we could read the minds of others? Reading books is a kind of mind reading, at least we can participate a little bit in the thinking of the authors. Looking into Ottessa Moshfegh`s mind is quite amusing. In her debut novel ""Eilleen" the narrator, the name giving Eilleen, shares her thoughts & impressions with the reader (Amazon ). The novel is certainly not an autobiography but Eilleen is Ottessa`s brainchild and Eilleen`s thoughts are thought by Otessa. Eillen`s thoughts are sometimes amusing, but also kinky, dark and gross.
Eillen looks back on her life and reports about her youth in the 1960s when she was "strange, young and mousy". Then Eillen was single, lived in Boston with her father, whom she loathed, and she worked as a secretary in a prison for young males because no bank would have hired her. Being unhappy with her life she thought about radical changes which brought her into a challenging situation (this is a spoiler free blog). The novel touches topics like morbid obsessions, latent & open homosexuality, pedophilia, dysfunctional families and more.
"Eillen"was short listed for the Man Booker Prize.
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