St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Author(s): Karen Russell
Charting loss, love, and the difficult art of growing up, these stories unfurl with wicked humour and insight. Two young boys make midnight trips to a boat graveyard in search of their dead sister, who set sail in the exoskeleton of a giant crab; a boy whose dreams foretell implacable tragedies is sent to 'Sleepaway Camp for Disordered Dreamers' (Cabin 1, Narcoleptics; Cabin 2, Insomniacs; Cabin 3, Somnambulists...); a Minotaur leads his family on the trail out West, and finally, in the collection's poignant and hilarious title story, fifteen girls raised by wolves are painstakingly re-civilised by nuns. These ten extraordinary stories introduce an audacious new talent, and a world in which weird and wonderful predicaments magically reveal the truth of our own lives. A blazingly original voice, a dazzling debut, a breathtaking discovery.
Product Information
A blazingly original voice, a dazzling debut, a breathtaking discovery.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Vintage
- : 0.177
- : 01 May 2008
- : 198mm X 130mm X 16mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2008
- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : Paperback
- : Karen Russell