![]() ![]() “When I was young I used to read everything,” Moshfegh responded. The modalities and currents - of our lives.” “And the thing with classical music is that it’s supposed to be a language for feelings that don’t have any other outlet. “I’m trying to learn about classical music,” Kushner said. ![]() ![]() Bookstagrammers have tote bags that read, “ I survived Lapvona.”īooks Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly: Best photos from Festival of Booksīest photos from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, from Meghan Trainor and Jennifer Garner to James Ellroy, Lynne Thompson and James Hannaham. On this panel, as in their interview, they resemble a cool lit girl mafia. Describing Kushner and Moshfegh as cult figures might seem like a way to blow off the impact of their work, but it’s truly the opposite. ![]() In fact, both authors have a lot to offer at a time when it’s not so easy for literary novelists to capture public attention (the occasional Sally Rooney bucket hat, notwithstanding). “It’s hard for me to talk about this without writing another novel to demonstrate,” Moshfegh dead-panned, addressing the question posed by the panel’s title. On the very hot, very exciting first day of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Rachel Kushner, author of the epic “The Flamethrowers,” and Ottessa Moshfegh, author of the punishing “Lapvona,” settled into the packed seats of USC’s Norris Theatre, speaking to author David Ulin about “what fiction has to offer” and bringing their analogue sensibilities to a very online fan base. ![]()
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