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Lapvona / Ottessa Moshfegh.

Moshfegh, Ottessa, (author.).

Summary:
"In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test. Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life's few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby, as she did so many of the village's children. Ina's gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world. Her gift often brings her the transmission of sacred knowledge on levels far beyond those available to other villagers, however religious they might be. For some people, Ina's home in the woods outside of the village is a place to fear and to avoid, a godless place. Among their number is Father Barnabas, the town priest and lackey for the depraved lord and governor, Villiam, whose hilltop manor contains a secret embarrassment of riches. The people's desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by Villiam and the priest, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord's family, new and occult forces upset the old order. By year's end, the veil between blindness and sight, life and death, the natural world and the spirit world, will prove to be very thin indeed"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593300268
  • ISBN: 0593300262
  • Physical Description: 304 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
Subject: Middle Ages > Fiction.
Midwives > Fiction.
Fiefs > Fiction.
Motherless families > Fiction.
Abused children > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 27 of 31 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 31 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION MOSHFEG (Text) 50686016188885 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F MOS (Text) 37268003149440 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F MOS (Text) 33240004730795 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Mos (Text) 00155157 ADULT Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F MOS (Text) 75011000379153 Adult Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library FICTION MOSHFEGH (Text) 50689090007930 Browsing Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults MOS Fiction (Text) 34001001416898 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC MOSHFEGH, OTTESSA (Text) 36446002066986 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library MOS (Text) 33249025338561 Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library HIST FIC MOSHFEGH OTTESSA (Text) 35740635850795 New Fiction Available -


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