Swamplandia!

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Gator-wrestling theme park in Florida Everglades.

"Swamplandia!" is perfect for those who love magical realism in a southern gothic setting. The book takes readers on a thrilling journey into the dark and mystical swamps of Florida, where they will experience everything from gator-wrestling to falling in love with a spooky character. Karen Russell's debut novel has been beautifully crafted with rich and descriptive language that creates an immersive reading experience.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2012)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2011)
  • Orion Book Award Nominee (2012)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (Shortlist) (2012)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2011)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Swamplandia!

Regular price RM38.02 MYR
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per
ISBN: 9780307276681
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM87.73 MYR
Authors: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2011-07-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.27
(rated by 57071 readers)

Description

The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline—think Buddenbrooks set in the Florida Everglades—and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator-wrestling theme park, is swiftly being encroached upon by a sophisticated competitor known as the "World of Darkness." Ava, a resourceful but terrified twelve-year-old, must manage seventy gators and the vast, inscrutable landscape of her own grief. Her mother, Swamplandia!’s legendary headliner, has just died; her sister is having an affair with a ghost called the Dredgeman; her brother has secretly defected to the World of Darkness in a last-ditch effort to keep their sinking family afloat; and her father, Chief Bigtree, is AWOL. To save her family, Ava must journey on her own to a perilous part of the swamp called the "Underworld," a harrowing odyssey from which she emerges a true heroine.
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Gator-wrestling theme park in Florida Everglades.

"Swamplandia!" is perfect for those who love magical realism in a southern gothic setting. The book takes readers on a thrilling journey into the dark and mystical swamps of Florida, where they will experience everything from gator-wrestling to falling in love with a spooky character. Karen Russell's debut novel has been beautifully crafted with rich and descriptive language that creates an immersive reading experience.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2012)
  • New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2012)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2011)
  • Orion Book Award Nominee (2012)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (Shortlist) (2012)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2011)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.