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Orange World and Other Stories

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Availability:In StockContributor:Karen RussellSeries:Vintage ContemporariesPublish date:2020-05-05Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780525566076ISBN-10:525566074UPC:9780525566076Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author), Visionary & MetaphysicalSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCT6KPZRZ1
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Karen Russell's comedic genius and mesmerizing talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner lives is on full display in these eight exuberant, arrestingly vivid, unforgettable stories.

In "Bog Girl," 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 Great Depression strike out for new territory, and find themselves fighting for their lives. And 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780525566076ISBN-10:525566074UPC:9780525566076Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author), Visionary & MetaphysicalSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCT6KPZRZ1
KAREN RUSSELL has received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, the "5 under 35" prize from the National Book Foundation, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, and the Berlin Prize from the American Academy. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, son, and daughter.
Publisher: Vintage

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