In this revelatory story about first love from Karen Russell’s
Orange World, 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. Through a darkly comic lens, Russell explores the vertigo of
falling in and out of love, and the way that our shallow projections
and fairytale fantasies can cover over the mysterious reality of
another human being. A Vintage Short.
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Product details
ISBN
9780593685464
Published
2022
Publisher
Random House Digital Inc.
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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