There she is, a human being, diving into the unknown, and she is wide awake. Each time I see the woman leap off the seventy-eighth floor of the North Tower-one high-heeled shoe slipping off and hovering up over her, the other stuck on her foot as though it were too small, her blouse untucked, hair flailing, limbs stiff as she plummets down, one arm raised, like a dive into a summer lake-I am overcome by awe, not because she looks like Reva, and I think it's her, almost exactly her, and not because Reva and I had been friends, or because I'll never see her again, but because she is beautiful. Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2019. And I continue to watch it, usually on a lonely afternoon, or any other time I doubt that life is worth living, or when I need courage, or when I am bored. Word Count: 753 The Omnipresence of Capitalism. She is an art gallery assistant who attended Columbia University, but has since graduated with a degree in art history. I watched the videotape over and over to soothe myself that day. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Start Free Trial Themes PDF Cite Share Last Updated on November 17, 2022, by eNotes Editorial. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh published in 2019, follows an unnamed 20-something-year-old protagonist in New York City struggling with depression while trying to find her own identity. Trevor was on a honeymoon in Barbados, I'd later learn, but Reva was lost. “On September 11, I went out and bought a new TV/VCR at Best Buy so I could record the news coverage of the planes crashing into the Twin Towers.
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