Orange World and Other Stories: Karen Russell Russell, Karen Summary "From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! "From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell's extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination. Karen Russell's comedic genius and mesmerizing talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner in lives is on full display in these eight exuberant, arrestingly vivid, unforgettable stories. In "Bog Girl: a Romance," a revelatory story about first love, a young man falls in love with a two thousand year old girl that he's extracted from a mass of peat in a Northern European bog. In "The Prospectors," two opportunistic young women fleeing the depression strike out for new territory, and find themselves fighting for their lives. In the brilliant, hilarious title story, a new mother desperate to ensure her infant's safety strikes a diabolical deal, agreeing to breastfeed the devil in exchange for his protection. The landscape in which these stories unfold is a feral, slippery, purgatorial space, bracketed by the void--yet within it, Russell captures the exquisite beauty and tenderness of ordinary life. Orange World is a miracle of storytelling from a true modern master."--Book jacket.This collection of short fiction by Russel showcases her gifts of language and imagination. She creates outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner lives-- but places them in a landscape of feral, slippery, purgatorial spaces. -- adapted from jacket Highlights Easy to enjoy: 271 pages · Hardcover By Russell, Karen Details ISBN: 9780525656135 Author: Russell, Karen Format: Hardcover Pages: 271 Language: English Publication date: 8 May 2019 Condition: New Rating: 1.00 (1 reviews) About the authors Russell, Karen and Karen Russell · Publisher: Knopf More about this book Reviews Average rating: 1.00/5 · 1 review "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
