![]() ![]() "The Bad Graft" starts out like a typical story of young love, following Andy and Angie, who have impulsively quit their jobs in Pennsylvania and set out for the deserts of California. The eight stories that make up Orange World, Russell's fifth book, are all perfectly rendered, and form a perfect introduction to the author's off-center, magic-inflected world. It's at once a touching love story, a deeply unsettling horror tale, and a sharp satire about men who prefer their partners silent and docile, blank slates for them to write their own desires upon. "Bog Girl," like all the stories in Russell's brilliant new short story collection, Orange World, is stunning, and showcases the author at her best and most bizarre. ![]() A secret the world had kept for two thousand years and been unable to keep for two seconds longer. ![]() The boy has uncovered her body in the peat bog where he works as a cutter: "Here was a secret, flagging him down. There's only one problem with the object of Cillian's affection: She's 2,000 years old, and is not, in the technical sense of the word, alive. No surprise there: There's a certain kind of teenager who's prone to fall in love hard and fast, and sweet, sensitive Cillian - whose aunts "had paid him the modern compliment of assuming that he was gay" - is definitely that type. How?Ĭillian Eddowis, the 15-year-old protagonist of Karen Russell's short story "Bog Girl: A Romance," has a crush. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Orange World and Other Stories Author Karen Russell ![]()
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