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    Masochism and despair in the village of the damned

    Jun 20, 2022 2 minutes
    By Annie Hayter

    In Lapvona, Ottessa Moshfegh offers a fitting tale for the hellscape of our pandemic times; gleefully rubbing our faces in the filth of human nature. Her chosen setting – the imagined village of Lapvona – harks back to the age of medieval fiefdoms and peasants. Its inhabitants are God-fearing folk, daily tormented by their

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