5/15/2023 0 Comments Orange world karen russell![]() She’s proof that fiction need not be “realistic” to be relevant and deeply important. Despite the strangeness of her set ups, Russell always manages to say something profound about human existence. In the story she reimagines the wild-west as a place of cowboys who wrangle, raise, and sell tornadoes. “Tornado Auction” was our favourite so far which shows off Russell’s glittering and expansive imagination brilliantly. Russell is back as the queen of weird with a new collection of short stories. With the family’s history in Vietnam as a back drop to Little Dog’s story, the novel will surely be beautiful and timely. Little Dog weaves a tight narrative that leads ultimately to a profound revelation. ![]() The novel is a letter from a son, Little Dog, to his mother who cannot read. Poet Ocean Vuong is releasing his first novel this year. ON EARTH WE ARE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS | OCEAN VUONG ![]() Fundamental to her new novel is the question: how much do we really control the trajectory of our lives and how much is decided for us? In Conversations Rooney showed us she could write a coming of age story that felt fresh with details only a digital native could convey. The follow up to Rooney’s Conversations With Friends is full of all the searing social observations and witty/sexy story-telling you may have already come to love from this gifted young writer. Rooney has a particular knack for dissecting the tiny social moments that make life both comical and brutally embarrassing. ![]()
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