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Lapvona: A Novel

by Ottessa Moshfegh

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Lapvona: A Novel by Ottessa Moshfegh appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, historical fiction, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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