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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
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Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Swamplandia!
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One of my favorite books of 2012. Karen Russell has a unique, thoroughly engaging voice and vision. The story lives somewhere in-between dreams, hallucinations, nightmare post-apocalyptic visions, and touching everyday reality. Russell is best known...more
John is reading Umbrella: I gave up. This is a beautifully written book, but it is a swirling kalaidescope, shifting back and forth in time and from person to person. A dense, chewy modernist work. I think I managed 50 pages in about two weeks.
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