My Year of Rest and Relaxation

My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A Jacques Louis David painting of a seated woman gazing towards the left, overlaid with the pink text of the title and the author's name
The cover features a Jacques Louis David painting[1]
AuthorOttessa Moshfegh
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherPenguin Press
Publication date
July 10, 2018
Publication placeUnited States
Pages304
ISBN978-0525522119

My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a 2018 novel by American author Ottessa Moshfegh. Moshfegh's second novel, it is set in New York City in 2000 and 2001 and follows an unnamed protagonist as she gradually escalates her use of prescription medications in an attempt to sleep for an entire year.

  1. ^ Rankin, Seija (July 19, 2018). "How Whoopi Goldberg and 'American Psycho' influenced this summer's best novel". EW.com. Retrieved August 22, 2024.