A few times a year, a book comes around that makes a person stop everything.
Shes clearly from high society, yet shes bored to tears and cant help but let an eye-roll slip.
That, in a nutshell, is Moshfeghs protagonist.
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If there was any intentional point to [the book], she explained.
That book gave me some confidence.
Moshfegh also relied on a slightly more unexpected muse: Whoopi Goldberg.
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Moshfeghs attachment to the actress isnt nearly that extreme, but she does plead reverential.
The answer, of course, is no.
But she has been plagued with insomnia since her teenage years and admits she is constantly exhausted.
I think in some ways this book was a sort of fantasy, she laughs.
The idea of sleeping sounds so nice, you know?
The second is whether she herself is as critical as her narrator.
And Im sure I have my moments, but Im actually really nice!
