Ottessa Moshfegh, the New York Times bestselling author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation, returns with a spellbinding novel that represents her most exciting leap yet. In Lapvona, a motherless shepherd boy in a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test. In conversation with Barrie Hardymon, the Senior Editor at NPR’s Weekend Edition and the lead editor for books.

This program was held on June 23, 2022 in partnership with Politics and Prose.