Eileen (novel)

Eileen is a 2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Penguin Press.[1][2] It is Moshfegh's first novel.[3] It was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize in September of that year.

Eileen
First edition
AuthorOttessa Moshfegh
Cover artistThomas Ott
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Published2015
PublisherPenguin Press
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages272 pp
ISBN978-1594206627

Premise

The story concerns an unhappy 24-year-old woman named Eileen who works at a prison, and what happens to her during a bitter Massachusetts winter in 1964.

Characters
  • Eileen Dunlop
  • Eileen's father
  • Rebecca, a co-worker of Eileen's
  • Joanie, Eileen's sister
  • Lee Polk, a boy in the prison where Eileen works

Reception

The novel was well received by The New York Times.[4] It won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.[5]

Film Adaption

A film adaptation is in production, directed by William Oldroyd and starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway. Filming began in New Jersey in early 2022. [6]

Awards

References
  1. Zimmerman, Jean (23 August 2015). "'Eileen' Is Dark, Damaged Fun". NPR. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. P. Sullivan, Kevin (14 August 2015). "Eileen". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. Kiesling, Lydia (20 August 2015). "Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh review – an odd double of Plath's Bell Jar". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. King, Lily (14 August 2015). "'Eileen,' by Ottessa Moshfegh". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. Mark Shanahan (March 16, 2016). "Newton's Ottessa Moshfegh wins 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  6. "Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie team up for Eileen". Cinema Express.
  7. Alice (September 13, 2016). "Man Booker Prize announces 2016 shortlist". Man Booker. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
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