Amazon releases ‘Trespass’ in audio and eBook, free with Prime

“I loved Jeff’s description of Trespass, with its focus on animal-human interactions and its important question, ‘How can we live with each other?’” shared author Karen Russell. “Years ago, I’d gotten the idea for a story about a tortoise who was trained to be a ring bearer at desert weddings. I’d tried to write it from the flower girl’s perspective, and it never worked. For Trespass, I returned to that weird party, and a very different voice came into range: A divorced man, a blotto lost soul, who has come to feel like a trespasser wherever he goes. I’ve been a plus-one many times, and it’s always struck me as a hilariously tenuous status—you’re a trespasser on someone else’s big day. Stag started out as a dark comedy, and I’m glad the tortoise led me deeper into the desert than I’d intended to go. We are all aware that we are trashing our planet, and I think animals can help reawaken the better parts of our nature, the caring that feels essential. Our belonging to a vaster reality than the party tent, or the hard shells of our skulls.”