Every generation gets The Bell Jar they deserve. While not all on the level of Sylvia Plath’s prose, young novelists remain perennially interested in writing about being in your 20s in New York City. Think: The Guest by Emma Cline, Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler, Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman, Luster by Raven Leilani, and — the most frequently scapegoated — My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. On the one hand, write what you know. On the other, we’re more than a bit bored.
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