Orange World by Karen Russell (English) Paperback Book

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From the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted Karen Russell comes a stunning new story collection that showcases her irresistible gifts of language and imagination'I loved Orange World... a collection of short stories in which demons live in drains, bog women come back from the dead and trees can grow inside the human body' Daisy Johnson, New Statesman BOOK OF THE YEAR'A rare combination of literary brilliance and unbridled entertainment' Mark HaddonThese exuberant, unforgettable stories showcase Karen Russell's comedic and imaginative talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner lives. In 'The Bad Graft', a couple on a road trip stop in Joshua Tree National Park, where the spirit of a giant tree accidentally infects the young woman, their fates becoming permanently entangled. In 'The Prospectors' two opportunistic young women fleeing the Depression strike out for new territory, but find themselves fighting for their lives. In the brilliant and hilarious title story a new mother desperate to ensure her baby's safety strikes a deal with the devil to protect her baby.Stories of survival, love and of surreal and magnificent transformation show Russell writing at exhilarating new heights.Praise for Orange World-'The worlds of the stories are entirely convincing, small pockets in which it is possible to become lost' Guardian'One of our most original short story writers... Russell has impeccable command of her form' New York Times Book Review

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Karen Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. Swamplandia! was one of the New York Times' Top Ten Books and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the recipient of the 2024 Mary McCarthy Award, the 2023 Bottari Lattes Grinzanes Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, and two National Magazine Awards for Fiction. She was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists and selected for the New Yorker's 20 under 40 list. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, son, and daughter.

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Superbly crafted...the weird and the outlandish exist side-by-side with everyday concerns... Russell is among the most skilled of this generation's fabulist writers. In her surreal worlds, life is passing strange, but it is not devoid of wry comfort -- Nilanjana Roy * Financial Times *I loved Orange World by Karen Russell, which is a collection of short stories in which demons live in drains, bog women come back from the dead and trees can grow inside the human body -- Daisy Johnson * New Statesman, Books of the Year *One of our most original short story writers... Russell has impeccable command of her form... Russell's particular gift lies in taking themes that are close to universal and presenting them in stories whose strangeness comes to seem entirely natural, even necessary * New York Times Book Review *A rare combination of literary brilliance and unbridled entertainmentA mesmerising, often hilarious, new collection that embraces survival, love and magnificent transformation -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday, *Books of the Year* *

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From the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted Karen Russell comes a stunning new story collection that showcases her irresistible gifts of language and imagination

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Superbly crafted...the weird and the outlandish exist side-by-side with everyday concerns... Russell is among the most skilled of this generation's fabulist writers . In her surreal worlds, life is passing strange, but it is not devoid of wry comfort

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Superbly crafted...the weird and the outlandish exist side-by-side with everyday concerns... Russell is among the most skilled of this generation's fabulist writers . In her surreal worlds, life is passing strange, but it is not devoid of wry comfort

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From the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted Karen Russell comes a stunning new story collection that showcases her irresistible gifts of language and imagination

Details ISBN152911134X Author Karen Russell Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2020 ISBN-10 152911134X ISBN-13 9781529111347 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Language English UK Release Date 2020-09-29 Pages 288 Publication Date 2020-09-29 AU Release Date 2020-09-29 NZ Release Date 2020-09-29 Alternative 9781473568518 Audience General We've got this

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