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Orange World


A Literary Fiction Short Story Collection

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These 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.

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