Review: Four characters weather the Dust Bowl in ‘The Antidote’
Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on ...
The Antidote by Karen Russell — a magical repository of memory gone amiss
A powerful novel set in the Dust Bowl era of America that is packed with secrets, sinister falsehoods and a passionate care ...
The Wunderkind Novel, Two Decades Later
The heroine of Karen Russell’s new novel, The Antidote —her second—is a plucky teenage girl intent on excelling at a practice ...
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The Wunderkind Novel, Two Decades Later
Set in a town named Uz (after the home of Job), The Antidote takes place between two equally biblical real-life events: Black Sunday, a massive dust storm ... its touches of magic realism ...
Karen Russell’s ‘The Antidote’ is a dazzlingly original American epic
Russell’s first novel since “Swamplandia!” takes place on a vast historical canvas and is shot through with elements of magic ...
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Karen Russell’s ‘The Antidote’ is a dazzlingly original American epic
and the agricultural malpractice that contributed to the Dust Bowl. Another fascinating thread follows Cleo, a Black photographer, who’s sent by the federal Resettlement Administration to ...