#44 in Short stories
Homesick for Another World
- 304
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- The New Vanguard
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Our view
“Homesick for Another World” gathers fourteen sharply written stories about people at their most selfish and unsettling. Moshfegh’s sentences are precise and her eye for ugliness unflinching, which makes the collection as compelling as it is uncomfortable. Some readers find a few stories weaker than the rest; others feel the provocation becomes an end in itself. Best approached by readers untroubled by unlikeable characters.
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About the book
Homesick for Another World is a collection of fourteen short stories by American author Ottessa Moshfegh. The book was published in 2017 by Penguin Press. It was a selection of Book of the Month.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 79 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 35% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 7 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 72 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Homesick for Another World?
It has 304 pages — longer than 73% of the ranked books in Short stories.
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