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From the author of the New York Times best seller Swamplandia! —a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—a magical new collection of stories that showcases Karen RussellвЂTMs gifts at their inimitable best. A dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagullвЂTMs nest.В A community of girls held captive in a silk factory slowly transmute into human silkworms, spinning delicate threads from their own bellies, and escape by seizing the means of production for their own revolutionary ends. A massage therapist discovers she has the power to heal by manipulating the tattoos on a war veteranвЂTMs lower torso. When a group of boys stumble upon a mutilated scarecrow bearing an uncanny resemblance to the missing classmate they used to torment, an ordinary tale of high school bullying becomes a sinister fantasy of guilt and atonement. In a familyвЂTMs disastrous quest for land in the American West, the monster is the human hunger for acquisition, and the victim is all we hold dear. And in the collectionвЂTMs marvelous title story—an unforgettable parable of addiction and appetite, mortal terror and mortal love—two

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Author

Russell, Karen

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9782012027411

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.67 / 5 (88 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14