The antidote / Karen Russell.
Summary:
"The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing--not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, but beneath its own violent histories. The Antidote follows a 'Prairie Witch,' whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples' memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his orphan niece, a basketball star and witch's apprentice in furious flight from her grief; a voluble scarecrow; and a New Deal photographer whose time-traveling camera threatens to reveal both the town's secrets and its fate. Russell's novel is above all a reckoning with a nation's forgetting--enacting the settler amnesia and willful omissions passed down from generation to generation, and unearthing not only horrors but shimmering possibilities. The Antidote echoes with urgent warnings for our own climate emergency, challenging readers with a vision of what might have been--and what still could be" -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593802250
- ISBN: 059380225X
- Physical Description: 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 > Fiction. Farmers > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Photographers > Fiction. Witches > Fiction. Dust storms > Nebraska > Fiction. Nebraska > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Magic realist fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 12 of 60 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
Holds
- 37 current holds with 60 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Hill Library | FIC RUS (Text) | 30229101385853 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 05/13/2025 |
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