Ottessa Moshfegh, bestselling author, with Barrie Hardymon

<p>Ottessa Moshfegh, the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>My Year of Rest and Relaxation,</em> returns with a spellbinding novel that represents her most exciting leap yet. In <em>Lapvona,</em> 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.</p> <p>This program was held on June 23, 2022 in partnership with Politics and Prose. </p>