"[An] intricate and unsettling new novel . . . Death in Her Hands is not a murder mystery, nor is it really a story about self-deception or the perils of escapism. Rather, it's a haunting meditation on the nature and meaning of art."-Kevin Power, The New YorkerFrom one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds an ominous note on a walk in the woods.While on her daily walk with her dog in a secluded woods, a woman comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground by stones. "Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body." But there is no dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area, alone after the death of her husband, and she knows no one.Becoming obsessed with solving this mystery, our narrator imagines who Magda was and how she met her fate. With very little to go on, she invents a list of murder suspects and possible motives for the crime. Oddly, her suppositions begin to find correspondences in the real world, and with mounting excitement and dread, the fog of mystery starts to fade into menacing certainty. As her investigation widens, strange dissonances accrue, perhaps associated with the darkness in her own past; we must face the prospect that there is either an innocent explanation for all this or a much more sinister one.A triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, Death in Her Hands asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both reflect the truth and keep us blind to it. Once again, we are in the hands of a narrator whose unreliability is well earned, and the stakes have never been higher.
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Death in Her Hands
von Ottessa Moshfegh
"[An] intricate and unsettling new novel . . . Death in Her Hands is not a murder mystery, nor is it really a story about self-deception or the perils of escapism. Rather, it's a haunting meditation on the nature and meaning of art."-Kevin Power, The New YorkerFrom one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds an ominous note on a walk in the woods.While on her daily walk with her dog in a secluded woods, a woman comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground by stones. "Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body." But there is no dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area, alone after the death of her husband, and she knows no one.Becoming obsessed with solving this mystery, our narrator imagines who Magda was and how she met her fate. With very little to go on, she invents a list of murder suspects and possible motives for the crime. Oddly, her suppositions begin to find correspondences in the real world, and with mounting excitement and dread, the fog of mystery starts to fade into menacing certainty. As her investigation widens, strange dissonances accrue, perhaps associated with the darkness in her own past; we must face the prospect that there is either an innocent explanation for all this or a much more sinister one.A triumphant blend of horror, suspense, and pitch-black comedy, Death in Her Hands asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both reflect the truth and keep us blind to it. Once again, we are in the hands of a narrator whose unreliability is well earned, and the stakes have never been higher.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(5)
Rezension von Jassie 🪲Wie auch schon bei My Year of Rest and Relaxation, beginnt dieses Buch von Moshfegh fast schon zahm. Ein Krimi-Mystery Buch, der Plot scheint klar. Doch je mehr man liest umso mehr merkt man wie unzuverlässig eigentlich die Erzählerin ist. Passiert das alles wirklich oder bildet Vesta sich alles nur ein? Bis zum Schluss kann man sich nicht sicher sein, was wirklich ist und was nicht. Dazu wird die Handlung immer bizarrer. Die Grenzen zwischen Einbildung und Realität verschwimmen und man bleibt zurück mit einem Gefühl der Verwirrung. Wenn man sich darauf einlassen kann, kann man dieses Buch kaum weglegen.
Rezension von CoraKein Krimi sondern eben ein Roman, in dem eine Frau ihr Leben und sich selbst reflektiert. Wenn man den Fokus auf diese Stellen legt, ist es auch kein Buch, was einen enttäuscht. Allerdings etwas zäh, deswegen ist folgendes Zitat aus dem Buch ironischerweise passend: "I was often tempted to abandon books if they flailed along too slowly. The muddy middle, a reviewer had called it one day on the radio."
Rezension von NadineWeird thought circles of an old woman. Had a good starting point but took too long for where it intended to go in the end. Just did not get it really
Rezension von filippa2,7 stars let me start off by saying that i usually love reading books where i can connect to the character etc…but because the protagonist was an above 70 year old woman it wasn’t easy. i love ottessa‘s writing a lot and was very excited to read this book, but i must admit that i was a tiny bit let down. the concept was brilliant but it got soooo annoyingly slow and i was really bored at times. it took me longer to read than i’d expected because i literally had to force myself to read, but luckily it picks up fast near the end. i really tried to enjoy it but like i mentioned it was very slow at times and not to mention repetitive. the ending is very unsettling and it seriously makes you question everything. it’s very open to interpretation and it’s crazy how you don’t really know what was real and what wasn’t.
Rezension von Carlos R. DiazI'm finally done reading this murder mystery novel. It's about an unreliable narrator who narrates a story of dubious facts. It starts with a handwritten note found in the woods and it begins to unravel from there. A lonely widow makes it her mission to solve the mystery. She even goes to the public library to perform assiduous research. Honestly, this novel bored me. There was nothing consequential at all. The writer is superb, but this isn't her best work. Finally, this novel explores the themes of loneliness, mental health and agency. That is all.