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003			OCoLC
005			20260224230555.0
008			230828t20232022nyu 000 f eng d
020			_a9780593300282 _q(paper back)
020			_a0593300289 _q(paper back)
035			_a(OCoLC)1395395231
040			_aMUX _beng _erda _cMUX _dMUX _dOCLCO _dOCLCL _dALM _dWCM _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dOCLCQ _dKCP
049			_aKCPP
050		4	_aPS3613.O77936 _bL37 2023
082	0	4	_a813.6 _qOCoLC _223/eng/20230216
100	1		_aMoshfegh, Ottessa, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLapvona : _ba novel / _cOttessa Moshfegh.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPenguin Books, _c2023.
264		4	_c�2022
300			_a304 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh's most exciting leap yet. Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life's few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby, as she did so many of the village's children. Ina's gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world. Her gift often brings her the transmission of sacred knowledge on levels far beyond those available to other villagers, however religious they might be. For some people, Ina's home in the woods outside of the village is a place to fear and to avoid, a godless place. Among their number is Father Barnabas, the town priest and lackey for the depraved lord and governor, Villiam, whose hilltop manor contains a secret embarrassment of riches. The people's desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by Villiam and the priest, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord's family, new and occult forces upset the old order. By year's end, the veil between blindness and sight, life and death, the natural world and the spirit world, will prove to be very thin indeed"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMiddle Ages _vFiction.
650		0	_aMidwives _vFiction.
650		0	_aFiefs _vFiction.
650		0	_aMotherless families _vFiction.
650		0	_aAbused children _vFiction.
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