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EPISODE · Sep 16, 2021 · 1H 6M

9/11 Literature and the Art of the Present in Ottessa Moshfegh's "My Year of Rest and Relaxation"

from The Trans-Atlanticist · host The Trans-Atlanticist

Marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Stefanie and her guest, Americanist Marius Henderson, discuss contemporary literature and the concept of American art after 9/11, touching on the affective turn, the New Sincerity, the Occupy Movement, and the aesthetics of sleep in the novel "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" (2018) by US novelist Ottessa Moshfegh.

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